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2 August 1944: Liquidation of the ‘Gypsy’ camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Gypsy (Sinti and Roma) Deportation , A young woman with child in a camp during an investigation conducted by the Racial Hygiene Research Centre at the Reich Bureau for Health at the Reichsgesundheitsamt (RHF). 1938. This research provided the pseudo-scientific basis for the extermination and forced sterilization of thousands of Sinti and Roma. After completion of the research deportations to Poland started. Germany. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

The launch article for “Play for the Day” outlines the history of the Porrajmos and looks at examples of recent plays about it – as well as probing contemporary attitudes towards Roma communities.