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1953
Poland
Antigypsyism

State “Awareness Campaign”

Authorities launched a campaign urging Roma to settle, send children to school, and formalise marriages. Despite propaganda about “modernisation,” inadequate housing and persistent discrimination condemned many to extreme poverty.

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