The Forgotten Victims: The Fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz

At least 23,000 Roma and Sinti men, women, and children were deported to Auschwitz by the Nazi regime. Among them were 11,000 children — innocent lives swept into one of history’s darkest chapters.

After Jews and Poles, Roma and Sinti were the third largest victim group at Auschwitz.

Their suffering was immense:

Starved and beaten,

Subjected to inhuman pseudo-medical experiments,

And ultimately, murdered in gas chambers.

According to preserved records, over 91% of the Roma deported to Auschwitz perished.

This genocide — often overlooked — is a chilling reminder of how deeply the Nazi ideology targeted entire communities for extermination.