Yenish people
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The Yenish are an itinerant group in Western and Central Europe who live mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and parts of France, roughly centered on the Rhineland. The origi
Two Yenish in Muotathal, Switzerland, c. 1890
Yenish at Lake Lauerz, Schwyz, Switzerland, 1928
Romani people
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The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani, colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who traditionally led a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggest
Yenish people
…into the general German population. Those Yenish who did not become sedentary by the late 19th century took to living in trailers. The persecution of Romani people under Nazi Germany beginning in 1933 was directed not exclusively against the Romani people but also targeted "vagrants who travel around after the…
Two Gypsies by Francisco Iturrino
Kàlo Romani women in Helsinki, Finland, 1930s
Jean-Baptiste Debret: Interior of a gipsy's house in Brazil (c. 1820)
Gypsies camping. Kalé Roma near Swansea in Wales, 1953