“Prolonged silence in the Czech Republic about the Roma Holocaust can be explained, in part, by postwar communist rule, which suppressed accounts of persecution. In 1971, an industrial pig farm was constructed on the grounds of the former concentration camp at Lety, obfuscating its dark history.”
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Places Journal
The mass murder of Romani people during World War II has long escaped international scrutiny. In the Czech Republic, calls to memorialize a concentration where Roma people were imprisoned faced decades of resistance. What happens when we choose to forget histories that are essential to remember?
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