German victims of Auschwitz
TitleGerman victims of Auschwitz
Author
Call number940.5318/0467
Object number09324j
Place of publicationCambridge, England
PublisherCambridge Scholars Publishing
Year of publication
2015
Physical descriptionpp203-231
MaterialArticle
ISBN9781443876063
NotesArticle from the book 'Global perspectives on the Holocaust: history, identity, legacy' pp203-231
Description
About 9,000 German Romani, and 10,000 Reich citizens were committed to Auschwitz. For these individuals, who defined themselves as Germans, persecutions by their fellow countrymen forced them to confront and question their sense of national identity. Many of those who were liberated in January 1945, faced further hardship and discrimination in the postwar world