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| Title: | "They are undesirables": local and national responses to gypsies during World War II |
| Author (s): | Fogg, Shannon |
| Department/Lab Affiliations: | History & Political Science |
| Keywords: | bohemians gypsies |
| Subject Terms: | Limoges (France) Romaines. World War II. |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Citation: | Fogg, Shannon L. "They are Undesirables": Local and National Responses to Gypsies during World War II” French Historical Studies, 2008 31(2):327-358. |
| Abstract: | On February 24, 1941, gendarmes in Limoges gathered information on "several tribes of undesirable nomads" parked on the city's northern outskirts after the prefect received a petition from neighboring residents. The local men and women living near the Rue Descartes and the Rue deBellac complained that the thefts and damages in the area since the "bohemians" arrival created an unpleasant living situation. The twenty-two inhabitants interviewed by the gendarmes all had similar opinions about the nomads: "The presence of bohemians in the street is undesirable. These people take no account of hygiene. They relieve themselves right in the middle of the street. They break the fences to heat themselves. They accost people to ask them for alms." The quarter's residents also expressed unanimity in their belief that the "nomads" (an administrative term synonomous with Gypsies) were "undesirables and their departure [was] to be wished for." |
| Type: | Article - Journal text |
| In Title: | French Historical Studies |
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| title | "They are undesirables": local and national responses to gypsies during World War II |
| contributor.author | Fogg, Shannon |
| contributor.deptlab | History & Political Science |
| subject | bohemians |
| subject | gypsies |
| subject.LCSH | Limoges (France) |
| subject.LCSH | Romaines. |
| subject.LCSH | World War II. |
| date.issued | 2008 |
| publisher | Duke University Press |
| identifier.citation | Fogg, Shannon L. "They are Undesirables": Local and National Responses to Gypsies during World War II” French Historical Studies, 2008 31(2):327-358. |
| identifier.pub.URI | |
| description.abstract | On February 24, 1941, gendarmes in Limoges gathered information on "several tribes of undesirable nomads" parked on the city's northern outskirts after the prefect received a petition from neighboring residents. The local men and women living near the Rue Descartes and the Rue deBellac complained that the thefts and damages in the area since the "bohemians" arrival created an unpleasant living situation. The twenty-two inhabitants interviewed by the gendarmes all had similar opinions about the nomads: "The presence of bohemians in the street is undesirable. These people take no account of hygiene. They relieve themselves right in the middle of the street. They break the fences to heat themselves. They accost people to ask them for alms." The quarter's residents also expressed unanimity in their belief that the "nomads" (an administrative term synonomous with Gypsies) were "undesirables and their departure [was] to be wished for." |
| type | Article - Journal |
| type.DCMIType | text |
| type.status | Postprint |
| rights | This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. |
| rights | Pre-print: author can archive; Post-print: author can archive; |
| relation.isPartOf | French Historical Studies |
| date.available | 2008-08-22T14:16:14Z |
| identifier.persist.URI |