Porajmos
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Porajmos is the term used to describe the genocide and systematic persecution of Roma and Sinti people by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Porajmos canonical | 14 |
| Romani genocide | 2 |
| Holocaust | 1 |
| Romani Holocaust | 1 |
| Sinti and Roma genocide | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T75416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Porajmos Context triple: [Roma, victimOf, Porajmos]
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A.
Holodomor
The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians and is widely regarded as a genocide.
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B.
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews and millions of other targeted groups across Europe.
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C.
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was a state-organized pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany in November 1938, marked by widespread violence, destruction of synagogues and Jewish property, and mass arrests that signaled a major escalation toward the Holocaust.
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D.
HungerPlan
HungerPlan was a Nazi German policy of deliberate mass starvation during World War II, designed to exploit food resources in the occupied Soviet territories and resulting in the deaths of millions, including large numbers of Soviet prisoners of war.
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E.
Einsatzgruppen
The Einsatzgruppen were Nazi paramilitary death squads responsible for mass shootings and genocidal atrocities, particularly against Jews, in Eastern Europe during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Porajmos Target entity description: Porajmos is the term used to describe the genocide and systematic persecution of Roma and Sinti people by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.
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A.
Holodomor
The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians and is widely regarded as a genocide.
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B.
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews and millions of other targeted groups across Europe.
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C.
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was a state-organized pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany in November 1938, marked by widespread violence, destruction of synagogues and Jewish property, and mass arrests that signaled a major escalation toward the Holocaust.
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D.
HungerPlan
HungerPlan was a Nazi German policy of deliberate mass starvation during World War II, designed to exploit food resources in the occupied Soviet territories and resulting in the deaths of millions, including large numbers of Soviet prisoners of war.
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E.
Einsatzgruppen
The Einsatzgruppen were Nazi paramilitary death squads responsible for mass shootings and genocidal atrocities, particularly against Jews, in Eastern Europe during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
ⓘ
ethnic persecution ⓘ genocide ⓘ historical event ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Roma genocide
ⓘ
Porajmos ⓘ
surface form:
Romani genocide
Samudaripen ⓘ Porajmos ⓘ
surface form:
Sinti and Roma genocide
|
| cause |
Nazi racial ideology
ⓘ
anti-Roma racism ⓘ eugenics policies ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | August 2 ⓘ |
| commemorationNote | August 2 marks the liquidation of the Auschwitz Roma camp in 1944 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfVictims |
220000
ⓘ
500000 ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
delayed recognition of Roma genocide
ⓘ
postwar discrimination against Roma ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm |
Romani language
ⓘ
surface form:
Romani
|
| legalBasisUsedByPerpetrators |
NurembergLaws
ⓘ
surface form:
Nuremberg Laws
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| location |
Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Hungary ⓘ German-occupied Europe ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi-occupied Europe
Poland ⓘ Romania ⓘ Soviet Union territories under Nazi occupation ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| methodOfPersecution |
deportation
ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ gas chambers ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ medical experiments ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
| notableSite |
AuschwitzBirkenau
ⓘ
surface form:
Auschwitz "Gypsy family camp" (BIIe)
AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form:
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Belzec ⓘ
surface form:
Belzec extermination camp
Chelmno ⓘ
surface form:
Chelmno extermination camp
Jasenovac concentration camp ⓘ Sobibor ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor extermination camp
Treblinka ⓘ
surface form:
Treblinka extermination camp
|
| partOf |
Holocaust
ⓘ
Nazi racial policy ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Axis powers
ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi regime
SS ⓘ collaborationist regimes ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Council of Europe
ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Holocaust
ⓘ
Nazi crimes against the Roma ⓘ Samudaripen ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Holocaust studies
ⓘ
Roma rights activism ⓘ |
| termMeaning | "devouring" or "destruction" in some Romani dialects ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
concentration camps
ⓘ
extermination camps ⓘ forced labor camps ⓘ ghettos ⓘ mass shooting sites ⓘ |
| victimEstimateRange | 220000–500000 Roma and Sinti killed ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Roma
ⓘ
Romani ⓘ
surface form:
Romani people
Sinti ⓘ |
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Subject: Porajmos Description of subject: Porajmos is the term used to describe the genocide and systematic persecution of Roma and Sinti people by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.
Referenced by (19)
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