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The Mechanics of Marginalisation: the Gypsies and genocide, 1900-2009

The date is 19th May 1944. The image is one that is familiar to many - the haunting face of a young girl, gazing out from the doors of a transport train moments before they are closed by a man in overalls.

Her name was Anna Maria "Settela" Steinbach, a young girl born in Holland, of Romani origin and therefore "a life unworthy of life" according to the Nazi occupation forces.

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