Sinti and Roma people at Auschwitz were destined for sector BIIe of Birkenau, called the Zigeunerlager (the Gypsy camp). Here Michele Andreola, guide-educator at the Auschwitz Museum, tells the story of that area of Birkenau, until its liquidation on 2 August 1944.

Roma and Sinti people in Europe faced a history of persecution, deportation and extermination. The exhibition in Block 13 of the Auschwitz State Museum tells the story of these communities during the Nazi-Fascist period. 

Michele Andreola is guide-educator at Auschwitz State Museum.