
The
Romani genocide or the
Romani Holocaust—also known as the
Porajmos (
Romani pronunciation: IPA: [pʰoɽajˈmos], meaning "the Devouring"), the
Pharrajimos ("Cutting up", "Fragmentation", "Destruction"), and the
Samudaripen ("Mass killing")—was the effort by
Nazi Germany and its
World War II allies to commit
genocide against
Europe's
Romani people