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your Helene T. , an Australian Year 12 student asks questions about the Jewish tragedy in WW2, , and about the gypsies Answers to a Year 12 Student on Gypsies in the Big H I AM currently a Year 12 student completing my Higher School Certificate in New South Wales, Australia. For my major Extension History assignment I am investigating the role of the Gypsies/Romanies in the Holocaust/Porrajmos.
I am investigating the different responses to the Holocaust, one of them being that of Revisionist Historians, or ‘Holocaust deniers.’ I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind answering a few questions to help me finish up my assignment. As, from what I have read, you write about the Holocaust not actually occurring, to believe that this was across the board, not just Jews but also Gypsies?
Do you believe that the Holocaust is just another link in a chain of events where the Gypsies have been persecuted? In general, do you believe more attention should be given to Gypsies/Romanies, and less to Jews? What are your thoughts on ‘Jewish Exclusivists/Uniqueness’ who downplay the persecution of others in the Holocaust? What are your thoughts on Gypsies being refused compensation from the German government in relation to the Holocaust?
What else to believe about Gypsies and the Holocaust? Thankyou for your time, hopefully it did not take to long, Helene Tretheway