The turning points in the development of the Romany ethnic group in Slovakia in 20th century and problems of research

The case study focuses on the most significant turning points in the development of the Romany ethnic group within different political and social regimes of the 20th century. Besides the persecutive nature of the regime’s attitude and a unique single-sided regulation of their status within the interwar Czechoslovakia, the case study follows their possibilities of cultural and social self-realization and their involvement within the improvement of their own ethnic group standards.

Assimilation policy. Right of domicile. Gypsy ID cards. Nomade certificates. Work camps. Settlements and their replacement. Unrestrained migration. Displacement and spreading of Romanies. The Association of Gypsies – Romanies. Repeated attempts towards th