Why did the Nazis prosecute the Gypsy community?

Answer 1

Many viewed Gypsies to be 'asocial' as they mostly kept to themselves from country to country not adapting to any particular culture. This mostly resulted in Gypsies being segregated from the rest of the population. The Nazis viewed Gypsies to be inferior as well as racially inferior. In camps doctors would conduct test on Gypsies to find a certain 'gene' which proved that they were different.

A scheme like the one Hitler put in place relies on thuggery and intimidation gypsies are a convenient group for his thugs to practice on, as they were only very loosely connected with the local community's and were most definitely looked down upon. Most felt that their areas would be better of without a Gypsies camp nearby messing up the place. and most people were themselves intimidated by Hitlers tactics. keep in mind that the concept of human rights just did not exist in those days. All revolutions are accompanied by intimidation and fear, and this is how Hitler worked.

Answer 2

It was an extension of their concept of racial superiority and racial purity.

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Oddly enough, the Romani ('gypsies') had a better claim to be genuine Aryans than any other group in Europe, and some of the leading Nazis knew it. However, the Nazis believed in all the usual clichés about 'gypsies' - that they were nomadic, often unemployed, committed crimes and so on. This view put them firmly in the category of what the Nazis called anti-social types. Nazi views on 'race' was often a mixture of traditional stererotypes as much as anything biological.

Answer 3

first answer:

I'm not exactly sure what the reasoning was, but they simply believed them to be inferior. I believe it to have been because they weren't of European Nordic descent

second better answer:

The gypsies in Europe were and still are almost universally disliked (& hated) by most Europeans, and especially Germans. This is primarily because of the on-going criminal nature of the gypsy culture/family behavior towards others. Gypsies are well known for their acts of theft & fraud, and are not tolerated even in today's Germany. Whereas most governments would arrest, try & jail (or deport) gypsies today or in the 1930's, the Nazi government sought to arrest & kill gypsies. The gypsy culture passes criminal behavior from parents to children, hence the Nazis felt somewhat supported by the German people in their efforts to curtail the gypsy culture. Additionally most gypsy families originated from the south-eastern European Balkan territories, and were often recognized by their darker complexion.

Answer 4

Because they are cool and Hitler isn't

Answer 5

Because Daniel Studley is a gypsy.