ROMOWIE EUROPY NA ZIEMIACH POLSKICH 1941–1945 I MONUMENTY IM POŚWIĘCONE

The article outlines briefly the circumstances and phases of the extermination of the Roma population of Europe carried out by occupying German forces in Polish territories in the years 1941–1945. It opens with a description of the notorious Gypsy Family Camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau, followed by an account of the incarceration of Gypsies in the Łódź Ghetto, and a presentation of selected execution sites of Polish Gypsies scattered across the country. e descriptions and analyses of monuments commemorating the victims are based on the author’s examination of all the works in situ and on interviews with the artists.