Zigeunernacht

"Zigeunernacht" refers to the Night of the Gypsies, an event held by the Nazi regime in Nazi Germany on August 28-29, 1944. During this night, thousands of Roma (Gypsy) people across various regions were forcibly rounded up, imprisoned, and ultimately deported to concentration camps, primarily Auschwitz. The operation aimed at the systematic persecution and extermination of Roma communities, who were targeted alongside Jews in the Holocaust. The term highlights a dark chapter of history marked by racial persecution, human rights violations, and state-sponsored genocide.