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1981
Poland
Antigypsyism

Martial Law in Poland

Declared by General Wojciech Jaruzelski, martial law crushed political opposition and restricted civil rights. Roma who had fled Oświęcim were barred from returning, illustrating how ethnic displacement intersected with authoritarian control.

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