Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32004/k.54.5-6.3
THE ROMA POPULATION IN THE HRVATSKO ZAGORJE AREA DURING WORLD WAR II, 1941 - 1945
Danijel Vojak
orcid.org/0000-0003-2545-2225
; Institut društvenih znanosti "Ivo Pilar", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
SUMMARY
The Roma population has probably been present in the area of Hrvatsko Zagorje since the second half of the 14th Century. The attitude of the authorities and the population in this area towards the Roma was similar to that in other Croatian areas, which often meant a policy of repressive assimilation. Such a repressive policy towards the Roma was especially visible during the Second World War when they were persecuted by the Ustasha authorities. In the summer of 1941, a census of Roma in Hrvatsko zagorje was conducted, as well as in other parts of the Independent State of Croatia, by which the Ustasha authorities obtained data on their demographic and socio-economic structure. In May 1942, the Ustasha authorities ordered systematic deportation of Roma to the Jasenovac concentration camp, including Roma from the area of Hrvatsko zagorje. The consequence of such a policy is that the Roma community in Hrvatsko zagorje had been almost completely destroyed by the Ustasha authorities.
Keywords
: Roma; Hrvatsko zagorje; World War II; suffering, genocide
Hrčak ID:
274211
URI
Publication date:
4.1.2022.
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