Relations between ethnic Czechs and Roma
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Relations between the two groups has varied over time, culminating in the extermination of the Czech originating populations in WWII.
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[edit] Extermination
Roma were exterminated by mobile killing units and in camps such as the ones at Lety and Auschwitz. 90% of native Roma died, and were replaced by Roma from neighbouring Slovakia and Romania.
[edit] The Communist Years
Sterilisation and educational discrimination against Roma was current in the Czechoslovak state, with sterilisation only ending in the last twenty years, and the Special Schools still being current practice.
[edit] Today's Relations with the Czech Majority
Today, many far right groups including the National Party (Bohemia) oppose Roma, citing the traditional accusations of sloth and dishonesty. Relations between ordinary Czechs and Roma vary as in other nations, those of an ultra-nationalist persuasion are by and large anti-Roma, while those of a more moderate standing are indifferent towards them.
[edit] Emigration
Many Roma fled after the independence of the Czech Republic, due to a surge in right wing activity. Countries such as Ireland, the UK, Norway and Sweden took in large numbers, who subsequently by and large returned home after a few years when the situation improved at home.
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