2.5K views · 77 reactions | #OnThisDay in 1944, the ‘Gypsy Family...

Thousands of Romani children—often called “Gypsy children” at the time—were deported to Auschwitz. Most were sent to a separate section of the camp known as the “Gypsy family camp.” There, they faced starvation, forced labor, medical experiments, and death. By August 1944, nearly all of them had been murdered in the gas chambers. #AuschwitzExhibition #NotlongagoNotfaraway | Auschwitz Exhibition

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