Acknowledgement
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Foreword
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Introduction: The Roots
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Austro-Hungarian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Chapter 1. Bulgaria
Introduction
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Atanas Dimitrov
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Shakir Pashov
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Sliven’s Communists
Plamena Stoyanova
Nikola Kochev
Nikola Terzobaliev
Gospodin Kolev
Conclusion
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Chapter 2. Turkey
Egemen Yılgür
Mustafa Mehmet: One of Those Tobacco Workers
Introduction
What Happened in Salonica?
Family Background and Childhood
Work Experience and Early-Politicisation
Journey to the USSR
Again, in Turkey
Re-exploration of an Extraordinary Life
Chapter 3. Yugoslavia
Activism and Civic Participation
Sofiya Zahova
Introduction
From Pre-Modern Leadership to Civic Representation
National Heroes Becoming a Source of Pride and Representation
The New Elite
Roma Contributions to National Establishments
Roma Women
Conclusion
Svetozar Simić
Dragoljub Acković and Sofiya Zahova
Introduction
Biography and Life-Path
Groundbreaking Activities in the Field of Writing and Publishing
Organisational Leadership
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Romania
Introduction
Petre Matei, Raluca Bianca Roman and Ion Duminica
Lazăr Naftanailă
Petre Matei
Calinic I. Popp Şerboianu
Petre Matei
Gheorghe A. Lăzurică
Raluca Bianca Roman
Gheorghe Niculescu
Petre Matei
Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor
Raluca Bianca Roman
Roma Activist Women
Ion Duminica
Florica Constantinescu
Ion Duminica
Marta Lăzurică
Ion Duminica
Conclusion
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Chapter 5. Hungary
Tamás Hajnáczky
Károly Bura – Gypsy First Violinist. From the Coffee Houses to Visions of a Gypsy Museum
Introduction
Czinka Panna’s Descendent
Married into the Radics Dynasty
Patron at Home and Hero at the Frontlines
Police Raid at Dawn
The Foundation of the Bihari Music School
“Lord Rothermere Holds Our Banner High”
Hungarian Festival of Song
Embezzlement, Document Theft, Leadership Renewal
Anthem or Waltz
“Baroraj” or the Gypsy Pasha
The Hungarian Regent, the Italian Duce, the Pope in Rome, the American President
A Gaping Hole in the Wall
Strikers and Strike Breakers
He Suddenly Clasped at His Heart
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Czechoslovakia
The Daniel and Kýr Families from the Strážnice Area and their Attempts to Improve the Position of Moravian and Slovak Roma to Benefit Czechoslovakia
Introduction
Dušan Slačka and Lada Viková
Jan Daniel
Lada Viková
František Kýr
Dušan Slačka
Conclusion
Dušan Slačka and Lada Viková
Chapter 7. Poland
Alicja Gontarek
Matejasz Kwiek (ca. 1887–1937). A “Baron” and “Leader of the Gypsy Nation” in Interbellum Poland
Introduction
Profile
Activity
Tragic Death
Funeral
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Latvia
Ieva Tihovska
Jānis Leimanis and the Beginnings of Latvian Roma Activism
Introduction
Jānis Leimanis – a Member of the Community
The Rise and Decline of the Friend of Gypsies Society
Choir and Folklore Collection – Appropriating Cultural Patterns of the Majority
“The Pastor” – the Religious Activism of Leimanis
Land and Work for the Roma
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Finland
Introduction
Risto Blomster and Raluca Bianca Roman
Ferdinand Nikkinen
Risto Blomster and Raluca Bianca Roman
Aleksander Åkerlund
Risto Blomster and Raluca Bianca Roman
Ida Blomerus
Risto Blomster and Raluca Bianca Roman
Sofia Schwartz
Risto Blomster and Raluca Bianca Roman
Antti Palm
Risto Blomster and Raluca Bianca Roman
Conclusion
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Chapter 10. USSR
Introduction
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Ivan Rom-Lebedev
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Andrey Taranov
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Mikhail Bezlyudskiy
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Georgiy Lebedev
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Ilya and Trofim Gerasimovs
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Ilya Yakovlevich Gerasimov
Trofim Gerasimov
Ivan Tokmakov
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Nikolay Pankov
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Alexander German
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Roma Activist Women
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Nina Dudarova
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Olga Pankova
Elena Marushiakova, Vesselin Popov and Viktor Shapoval
Conclusion
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Chapter 11. USA
James I. Deutsch
Steve Kaslov
Chapter 12. Spain
Carmen Cañete Quesada
Helios Gómez (1905–1956). Activism, Resistance, and Struggles of a Left-Wing Gitano Artist
Introduction
Helios: The Militant
Helios: The Gypsy and the Artist
Conclusion
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