Roma and Sinti people in Auschwitz. The account of Michele Andreola

Sinti and Roma people at Auschwitz were destined for sector BIIe of Birkenau, called the Zigeunerlager (the Gypsy camp). Here Michele Andreola, guide-educator at the Auschwitz Museum, tells the story of that area of Birkenau, until its liquidation on 2 August 1944.

Roma and Sinti people in Europe faced a history of persecution, deportation and extermination. The exhibition in Block 13 of the Auschwitz State Museum tells the story of these communities during the Nazi-Fascist period. 

Michele Andreola is guide-educator at Auschwitz State Museum.