Genocide of European Roma (Gypsies), 1939–1945 — Historical Film Footage

Romani (Gypsy) campsite in Slovenia

Yugoslavia, 1943
[Silent, 0:36]

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Germany and its Axis allies invaded Yugoslavia in April 1941. The Germans probably shot this film after they occupied southern Slovenia following the Italian armistice in 1943. The film was found in the Ustasa (Croatian fascist) archives after World War II and shows the dismal living conditions that Roma (Gypsies) endured in occupied northern Yugoslavia.