Szczurowa massacre
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The massacre in Szczurowa was the murder of 93
The massacre
On 3 August 1943 German police rounded up almost all the Romani inhabitants of the village and transported them to the local cemetery where they were shot. A list of all the victims has been preserved in the documents of the local church.[1]
Commemoration
On 8 May 1956, local inhabitants of the village and members of local veterans' associations erected a memorial stone with a suitable inscription at the site of the mass grave of the victims. This became the first memorial commemorating victims of the
Since 1960, Romanies from Tarnów have been coming to the region to honor the memory of the victims. Since 1996 the International Romani Caravan of Memory travels around the Tarnów region to commemorate the Nazi mass murder of Romanies during World War II. The main stop of the caravan is Szczurowa where after a visit to the mass grave, a mass is held at the local church.
The Tarnów region was the site of other Nazi crimes against Romanies in addition to that at Szczurowa. Most of the victim's identities and their place of burial are unknown. Other mass graves of murdered Romanies in the region include those at Bielcza (28 murdered), Borzęcin Dolny (28 murdered) and Żabno (49 murdered).[1]
The Romani people, who lived in Europe from the 15th century, were among the groups singled out by the
See also
- Romani Holocaust
- List of massacres in Poland
References
- ^ a b c Bartosz, Adam, Nie bój się Cygana/Na Dara Rromesoar", Pogranicze, 1994
- ISBN 978-1-78238-930-9.
- ^ "ROMANIES AND THE HOLOCAUST: A REEVALUATION AND AN OVERVIEW". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2009-02-13.