Porajmos

Meaning

Proper Noun

The planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people during the Second World War by National Socialist Germany and its allies.

Origin

Coined by a Kalderash Romani acquaintance of, and popularized by, Ian Hancock in 1990s. From Romani porajmos.

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