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Polish Museum Explores Life and History of Gypsies
centraleurope.com/.../ss962801.html |
830 words, one illustration |
Artcle regarding the Ethnographic Museum in Tarnow devoted to the history and life of the Gypsies -- or Romas as they call themselves (from Sanskrit word for 'man'), The small museum, opened by the Polish government in 1979, offers a chance to learn more about the Gypsies in an hour than most Eastern Europeans, and many Gypsies themselves, learn about Gypsy history in a lifetime. The museum provides a guidebook in English and Polish. |
The Roma in Poland: A Bibliography
osi.hu/rpp/biblio/roma2_12.html |
270 words |
An annotated list of four books dealing with the Roma in Poland.
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The Gypsy Caravan of Memory and Roma National Identity
priv0.onet.pl/.../cyganie_prawyang.htm |
1,915 words, 4 images |
 Site describes a cultural program organized realized in Tarnów by the Ethnography Museum and the Socio-Cultural Association of the Roma. Reflecting on the Roma Holocaust at the hand of the Nazis during World War II, the caravan follows a trail between places commemorating the martyrdom of fellow Gypsies and connected with their history. |
Gypsy Summer
warsawvoice.pl/v454/scene.html |
740 words |
An account of the Gypsie Summer Festival in Tarnow |
Center for Studies of Gypsy Holocaust to Open in Auschwitz
geocities.com/Paris/5121/romacntr.htm |
175 words |
A 1996 announcement a center that will document and study the extermination of 22,000 European Gypsies during the World War II German occupation of Poland at Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi death camp. |
Needy Guests, Reluctant Hosts: the Plight of Rumanians in Poland
depaul.edu/%7Errotenbe/.../Gozdziak.html |
4,050 words |
A 1995 artcle reflecting on the mass exodus Gypsies-- or Romas as they call themselves (from Sanskrit word for 'man') -- from Rumania, their plight and the immense problems their exodus was causing for the "front-line" states of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland.
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