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Genocid nad Romi in Sinti v Sloveniji med drugo svetovno vojno:
od prepoznavanja in komemoriranja do preprečevanja izkrivljanja zgodovine
Genocide of the Roma and Sinti in Slovenia during the Second World War:
From Recognition and Commemoration to Prevention of Distortion of History

Alenka Janko Spreizer
Univerza na Primorskem Fakulteta za humanistične študije Koper
alenka.janko.spreizer@fhs.upr.si

Izvleček
Članek prinaša pisanje o dolgotrajni poti k pripoznavanju genocida nad Romi v Evropi, od povojne-
ga dolgoletnega molka vse do pobud za ohranjanje kolektivnega spomina s komemoriranjem. Besedi-
lo predstavlja izsledke projekta Boj proti izkrivljanju genocida nad Romi v jugovzhodni Evropi - ključ- 127
ni element za razvoj strategij proti rasizmu ter protidiskriminacijskih politik in praks ter študijo primera
Slovenije o obravnavanju genocida nad Romi, komemoriranju in izkrivljanju ter njegovem zanikanju.
Po kratki predstavitvi prizadevanj za priznavanje genocida nad Romi sledi zgodovinski oris preganja-
nja Romov in Sintov na ozemlju današnje Slovenije pred ter med drugo svetovno vojno. Posebna pozor-
nost je posvečena analizi tiska pred drugo svetovno vojno in analizi intervjujev z izbranimi sogovorniki
o raziskovanju, izobraževanju ter komemoriranju inkulturi spominjanja po letu 2010. Besedilo prina-
ša tudi analizo diskurza o izkrivljanju genocida nad Romi in priporočila za prihodnje zgodovinskoan-
tropološko raziskovanje ter ohranjanje spomina na genocid nad Romi med drugo svetovno vojno v šir-
ši javnosti.
Ključne besede: genocid nad Romi, kultura spominjanja, Slovenija, druga svetovna vojna

Abstract
The article provides an account of the long path towards the recognition of the genocide of the Roma in
Europe, from the long silence after the war to the initiatives for preserving collective memory through
commemoration. The text presents the findings of the project ‘Combating the distortion of the Roma
genocide in South-Eastern Europe - a key element for the development of anti-racism strategies and an-
ti-discrimination policies and practices’ and a case study of the Roma genocide, commemoration and
distortion, and denial in Slovenia. After a brief presentation of the efforts for recognition of the Roma
genocide, a historical outline of the persecution of Roma and Sinti in the territory of present-day Slo-
venia before and during the Second World War follows. Particular attention is paid to an analysis of
the pre-World War II press and interviews with selected interviewees on research, education and com-
memoration, and the culture of remembrance after 2010. The text also provides an analysis of the dis-
course on distortion of the Roma genocide and recommendations for future historic-anthropological
research and the remembrance of the Roma genocide during World War II among the broader public.
Keywords: genocide of the Roma, memory culture, Slovenia, Second World War

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