Definitions
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- proper noun The planned and attempted
mass murder of theRomani people by theNazis and their allies.
Etymologies
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From the Romani word porajmos ("devouring").
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The Porajmos, which means devouring ', is a term introduced by Professor Ian Hancock, the world's premier Romani scholar.
unknown title 2009
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1943 - German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps." (see Porajmos) 1945 - Duarte Pacheco dies.
Nothingandall 2008
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