!!!Roma und Sinti

Roma (and Sinti): In the 15%%sup th/%  and 16%%sup th/%  centuries the 
Romany (or Roma and Sinti), a people originating in India came to 
Europe as musicians, blacksmiths and itinerant peddlers; and settled 
(not always voluntarily) in parts of Austria, especially in Burgenland 
(former West-Hungary) and on the outskirts of larger cities. Before 
1938 the number of Roman and Sinti amounted to approximately 11,000 
(approximately 8,000 lived in Burgenland). Two thirds of them were 
killed in National-Socialist concentration camps. Four were killed in 
the most atrocious politically-motivated  Assassination of the Second 
Republic on February 4, 1995 in Oberwart.

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In Austria, all groups native to Austria were recognized as an ethnic 
group in its own right in December 1993 under the name "Roma and 
Sinti", a new Ethnic Minorities Council (Volksgruppenbeirat) was 
set up in 1995. The representative organizations of the ethnic groups 
are the "Verein Roma" (Association of Roma) in Oberwart 
(publisher of the newspaper "Romani Patrin"), the 
"Kulturverein oesterreichischer Roma" (Cultural Association 
of Austrian Roma) in Vienna (publishers of the newspaper "Romano 
Kipo") and the "Verein Ketani" (Association of Austrian 
Sinti) in Linz. The Roma of former Yugoslavia are particularly 
promoted by the association "Romano Centro", publishers of a 
newspaper of the same name; an increase in the immigration of Roma was 
observed in Austria as a result of migrant workers coming to Austria 
in the 1960s. With regard to schooling the Roma were first mentioned 
in the law on ethnic minorities in Burgenland (Federal Law Gazette 
641/1994).

!Literature
Oesterreichisches Volksgruppenzentrum (ed.), 
Oesterreichische Volksgruppenhandbuecher, vol. 3, Roma und Sinti, 
%%sup 2/%1996.


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