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1941
Czechia
Antigypsyism

Execution of Roma in Brno under martial law

Three Roma were executed at the Kounice dormitory for alleged involvement in the sale of invalid textile ration tickets. The disproportionate violence reflected the increasingly lethal application of martial law toward Roma and Sinti, who were frequently labelled criminals and subjected to collective punishment.

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