![]() ![]() Her book is a blend of the scholarly - their origins, folklore, customs, dietary laws, myths, taboos - and the personal. In this study, the author focuses particularly on the gypsies of Eastern Europe (an estimated six million) and their future as a distinct race within a nationalist Europe. ![]() The have been persecuted throughout the ages, including recently in German concentration camps and by nationalist mobs in Romania. But because they resist assimilation, having survived as a distinct people for over 1000 years, they have also been the victims of other people's nationalism and xenophobia. Gypsies have always intrigued and fascinated - partly due to their their mysterious origins and partly due to the romance of nomadism. ![]()
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