The fate of the European Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust
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Did you know
... that very little is known
about Camp Komárom, in
Hungary, and its victims - even
today?
... that in the last months of
the Second World War, as
the fighting came closer and
closer, the prisoners in many
concentration camps were
sent on “death marches” to
other camps?
For you to do
What was the point of the
“death marches”? Find out
whether there were any “death
marches” in your area and if so,
where.
The photo
Camp Komárom served as the central collection point for Hungarian Roma pending
deportation to concentration camps in Germany as slave labour in 1944. The Roma
were first taken to regional “Gypsy” camps and then many were made to walk several
hundred kilometres to Fort Csillageröd in Komárom. There, the men and women who
were fit for work were selected for the next stage of the march, into Germany. Many of
those who were left behind in Camp Komárom died of starvation. Many others died on
the “death marches” to the German Reich. Only about 4,000 of the fort’s 10,000
inmates survived.
A photograph taken in 2006 of
the parade ground at Fort Csillageröd in Komárom, Hungary.
In the background you can see
the entrances to the dungeons
where the deported Roma
were imprisoned. Private
collection of Szabolcs Szita,
Budapest, Hungary.