A new report about antiziganism in Germany has revealed alarming figures — and criticized the media for feeding clichés. But the community is counting small successes.

The 11,000 Roma and Sinti residents of the town of Eisenberg in the state of Thuringia can go to Renata Conkova for assistance. She heads the regional association of Sinti and Roma, RomnoKher.

BERLIN — Germany’s leading Roma and Sinti group recorded hundreds of incidents of discrimination and racism against the minority community in the past year, a report said Monday, warning that ...

BERLIN: Germany’s leading Roma and Sinti group recorded hundreds of incidents of discrimination and racism against the minority community in the past year, a report said Monday, warning that ...

Both Sinti and Roma are Gypsy peoples who live predominantly in eastern Europe. Historians estimate that up to 500,000 Sinti and Roma were killed in the Holocaust.

People display a Romani flag to commemorate the Roma and Sinti people killed by Nazi Germany in World War II, during ceremonies, in Oswiecim, Poland, August 2, 2019.

Sinti people are a specific subgroup of Roma people who came to Europe in the Middle Ages and settled in mainly German-speaking countries. At least 326 people, most of them children, are known to ...

Still, Sinti and Roma are treated as second class victims in the commemoration of the Nazi crimes. In spite of the fact that they are a recognized minority in Germany, they are confronted with ...

Roughly 21,000 of the 23,000 Roma and Sinti held in Auschwitz perished during World War II. It is estimated at least 250,000 Roma were killed during the war. Some estimates are as great as 500,000.

The Roma and Sinti testimonies database currently includes 115 stories recounted by survivors, most of whom once lived in the former Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

Roma and Sinti are recognized minorities in Germany. Around 60,000 Sinti and 10,000 Roma live in Germany, according to Germany’s Federal Agency for Civil Education.