![]() ![]() Roma in Germany had been Christian for centuries, so ecclesiastical records were useless in determining Romani descent. Classifying who was Jewish was in this sense easier because records held by religious communities were readily available to the state. A definition of “Roma” was essential in order to undertake systematic persecution. ![]() After the Nazis had decided that Roma had alien blood, one of their main concerns was the systematic identification of all Romani people. In 1933, police in Germany began more rigorous enforcement of pre-Nazi legislation against those who followed a lifestyle labeled “Gypsy.” The Nazis judged such people to be racially “undesirable” and enacted systematic measures of persecution against the Roma. The police in Bavaria, Germany, maintained a central registry of Roma as early as 1899, and later established a commission to coordinate police action against Roma in Munich. ![]() Persecution of Roma (Gypsies) in Germany, and indeed in all of Europe, preceded the Nazi takeover of power in 1933. ![]()
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