User talk:Acrumb

Roma Genocide,why is there no mention of the many Roma who had settled in Italy many,many moons ago & who were also targeted for slaughter?

Pre war Roma in Italy were driven out of the Southern regions North due to the politics imposed. If they stayed it could mean death. So they fled to the mountains in central Italy. When the Nazi's were wiping out the Roma & many were killed on sight,which is likely the real reason that the count is off by so much,many more Roma fled deep into the mountains in Central & Northern Italy. It was hard to find them & the terrain rugged. They formed small villages in those areas. My family were of them. If they hadn't escaped,they surely would have been shot down like dogs or tortured,then killed. I have spoken to friends of the family who were also Roma hidden in the mountains. I know little because the one thing Hancock did get right, is they do not want to speak of the past. Moving on,also brings new beginnings. The past is the past as my Zia would say. I have noticed the Italian Roma being left out a lot lately. I do not know if that is because of better integration or what the cause. Generations of Roma have been born & discriminated against in Sicily & Italy. They speak in the media currently as if the Roma are new there & they are all from Romania or Romanian. This is also very false. Some of my family made it to Canada. My Father in 1968. As a child in Italy,he had been sent to work at age 7, to help the family survive. He was made to live on a farm with many other men,who also worked on the farm. It seems unfair to me that the Roma people who were slaughtered in Italy & forced to hide in the mountains,are not recognized as part of the genocide. It is also unfair that the Italian Roma are not recognized in the media etc either. I am sure that they are being banished from Countries like France right now too. That was the last known address of my Zio. He left the village & moved there as well. Anyway,these Roma should very much be recognized as well. Also wiki has a large concentration of Roma in the central region only. I know that over time they have hidden their identity well & many have integrated well,but the numbers are much higher & they are spread throughout the country as well.