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Yenish people, the Glossary

The Yenish (Jenische; Yéniche, Taïtch) are an itinerant group in Western Europe who live mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and parts of France, roughly centered on the Rhineland.^[1]

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Austrian Sign Language

Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS) is the sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community—approximately 10,000 people (see Krausneker 2006).

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Bavarian language

Bavarian (Bairisch; Bavarian: Boarisch or Boirisch), alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a major group of Upper German varieties spoken in the south-east of the German language area, including the German state of Bavaria, most of Austria and the Italian region of South Tyrol.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald (literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937.

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Caravan (trailer)

A caravan, travel trailer, camper, tourer or camper trailer is a trailer towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent (although there are fold-down trailer tents).

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Card sharp

A card sharp (also card shark, sometimes hyphenated or spelled as a single word) is a person who uses skill and/or deception to win at card games (such as poker).

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Children of the Open Road

Children of the Open Road (Kinder der Landstrasse) is a Swiss feature/drama film that was produced in 1992.

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Dachau concentration camp

Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest running one, opening on 22 March 1933.

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Early modern period

The early modern period is a historical period that is part of the modern period based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity.

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Endogamy

Endogamy is the cultural practice of mating within a specific social group, religious denomination, caste, or ethnic group, rejecting any from outside of the group or belief structure as unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships.

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Federal Council (Switzerland)

The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation.

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Fog in August

Fog in August (Nebel im August) is a 2016 German drama film directed by Kai Wessel.

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Fog in August (novel)

Fog in August (in German Nebel im August) is a 2008 novel by Robert Domes.

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Freimut Duve

Freimut Duve (26 November 1936 – 3 March 2020) was a German journalist, writer, politician and human rights activist.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French Sign Language

French Sign Language (langue des signes française, LSF) is the sign language of the deaf in France and French-speaking parts of Switzerland.

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Gens du voyage (France)

The notion of gens du voyage (travelers) is an administrative concept created under French law to designate the community of travellers with no fixed residence, hence referred to as the nomadic community.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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German Sign Language

German Sign Language (DGS) is the sign language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg and in the German-speaking community of Belgium.

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Homelessness

Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.

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Hunkeler macht Sachen

Hunkeler macht Sachen is a 2008 Swiss German language television film that was filmed and produced at locations in Switzerland and in France.

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It Happened in Broad Daylight

Es geschah am hellichten Tag (It Happened in Broad Daylight) is a 1958 German-language thriller film directed by Ladislao Vajda.

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Itinerant groups in Europe

There are a number of traditionally itinerant or travelling groups in Europe who are known as Travellers or Gypsies (the latter being increasingly taken as derogatory).

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Jean Paul

Jean Paul (born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.

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Karola Fings

Karola Fings (born 1962 in Leverkusen) is a German historian.

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Kinder der Landstrasse

Das Hilfswerk für die Kinder der Landstrasse (literally: "the aid organization for the children of the country road"), more commonly known as Kinder der Landstrasse, was a project implemented by the Swiss foundation Pro Juventute from 1926 to 1973.

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Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.

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Lubo (film)

Lubo is a 2023 drama film directed by Giorgio Diritti.

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxemburg; Luxembourg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.

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Mariella Mehr

Mariella Mehr (26 December 1947 – 5 September 2022) was a Swiss novelist, playwright, and poet.

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Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism

The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism is a memorial in Berlin, Germany.

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Muotathal

Muotathal is a village and a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

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National Council (Switzerland)

The National Council (Nationalrat; Conseil national; Consiglio nazionale; Cussegl naziunal) is the lower house of the Federal Assembly, with the upper house being the Council of States.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Neuengamme concentration camp

Neuengamme was a network of Nazi concentration camps in northern Germany that consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and more than 85 satellite camps.

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Pierre Bodein

Pierre Fernand Bodein (born December 30, 1947, in Obernai) is a French criminal and spree killer who, since 1969, has alternated stays between psychiatric hospitals and prisons.

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Rafael van der Vaart

Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart (born 11 February 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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Rhineland

The Rhineland (Rheinland; Rhénanie; Rijnland; Rhingland; Latinised name: Rhenania) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section.

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Romani people

The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani and colloquially known as the Roma (Rom), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.

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Rotwelsch

Rotwelsch ("beggar's foreign (language)") or Gaunersprache ("crook's language") also Khokhmer Loshn (from Yiddish "חוכמער לשון", "tongue of the wise") is a secret language, a cant or thieves' argot, spoken by groups (primarily marginalized groups) in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Bohemia.

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Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year.

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Sinti

The Sinti (also Sinta or Sinte; masc. sing. Sinto; fem. sing. Sintesa) are a subgroup of Romani people.

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Social exclusion or social marginalisation is the social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society.

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Stephan Eicher

Stephan Eicher (born 17 August 1960) is a Swiss singer.

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Swabia

Swabia; Schwaben, colloquially Schwabenland or Ländle; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.

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Swiss German

Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spellings can be found. and others) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy bordering Switzerland.

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Swiss-German Sign Language

Swiss-German Sign Language (abbreviated DSGS) is the primary deaf sign language of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and of Liechtenstein.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Thieves' cant

Thieves' cant (also known as thieves' argot, rogues' cant, or peddler's French) is a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars, and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain and to a lesser extent in other English-speaking countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yenish_people

Also known as Fahrende, Jenische people, Yeniche (people), Yeniche people.

, Vagrancy, Western Europe, Yenish language.

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