Editing Auschwitz decree

The '''Auschwitz Decree''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Auschwitz-Erlass'') was a decree by ''[[Reichsführer-SS]]'' [[Heinrich Himmler]] on 16 December 1942 which ordered the deportation of all "[[Romani people|gypsy]] [[Nuremberg Laws|mixed-bloods]], Roma Gypsies and non-[[German-blooded]] members of gypsy clans with [[Balkans|Balkan]] origins" (''Zigeunermischlinge, Rom-Zigeuner und nicht deutschblütige Angehörige zigeunerischer Sippen balkanischer Herkunft'') living in [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi Germany]] to the [[Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp]], where many of them were murdered in the [[Romani Holocaust]]. The original text of the decree has been lost, but it is described in great detail in a letter from the [[Reich Security Main Office]] from 1943 concerning its implementation.<ref name=":0">https://geschichte-bewusst-sein.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/SNG_014_RZ_Zusatz16-2017-02-23.pdf</ref>

The Auschwitz Decree served as the basis for the deportation of 23,000 Roma to the "[[Gypsy family camp (Auschwitz)|Gypsy family camp]]" at Auschwitz-Birkenau,<ref>Janjevic, Darko (2017-12-16).: [https://www.dw.com/en/remembering-himmlers-auschwitz-decree-to-exterminate-roma-and-sinti/a-41824830 ''Remembering Himmler's 'Auschwitz decree' to exterminate Roma and Sinti'']. [[Deutsche Welle|''Deutsche Welle'']]. [https://www.dw.com/en/remembering-himmlers-auschwitz-decree-to-exterminate-roma-and-sinti/a-41824830 Archived] from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2024-03-17.</ref> including 12,000 German Romani.<ref name=":0" />

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