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    Django Reinhardt was born into the lifestyle of his gypsy parents on January 24th, 1910 in a village of Belgium known as Liberchies. Django, Romani for “I awake,” has inspired and astonished various generations of musicians and lovers of jazz with his remarkable control of the guitar and the story of his upbringing. At just the age of eight, his parents moved near the stretch of barricades that encompassed the streets of old Paris. Up until he was about twenty years old, he had never really set down

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    Documentary Analysis The documentary Mommy dead and dearest filmed by Erin lee Carr retold the events of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Dee Dee Blanchard, mother of gypsy, was killed on June ninth two thousand fifteen. Gypsy and her mother were hurricane Katrina survivors and because of gypsy's illnesses, many people often helped the Blanchard's either financially or through organizations. Many would describe the pair as loving, kind, and inseparable. People would never see one without the other and thought

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         The Romani people of Europe are often referred to as "Gypsies". Thought they prefer to be called Roma. The Roma are descendants of the ancient warrior classes of Northern India, particularly the Punjab, and they are identifiable by their language, religion, and customs. The "Gypsies" gained there widely known name due to the fact that when they first arrived in Europe people believed that they had migrated from Egypt. Even after this was found to

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    In the Holocaust not only were the Jews killed so were a group of people called the Gypsies. 1 million to 4 million Gypsies were killed in the worst ways with no remorse. But why would this happen to the Gypsies if they didn’t do anything? They didn’t consider the Gypsies Germans. The reason all this started was because of a theory that the Germans made. Nazi Aryan Racial Theory is known as a racial designation; Houston Stewart Chamberian was the first to use the term “Aryan” to mean the “white

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    disability, illness and behaviour 2.1 Health behaviour related to Gypsies and Travellers 3. Assessment of the perception of travellers and gypsies and how it has changed over time 3.1 Inequality, accommodational needs 1. Introduction This report has been written to demonstrate the understanding of the specific needs of Travellers and Gypsies. Currently, approximately 300,000 Travellers and Gypsies reside in the UK, the number continue increases as Travellers from other

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    of Travellers and Gypsies and how it has changed over time 1.3 Analysis of legislation, society and culture made available by services for Travellers and Gypsies LO2 2.1 Analysis of the care needs of Travellers and Gypsies 2.2 Explanation of current systems for supporting Travellers and Gypsies 2.3 Evaluation of services available locally for Travellers and Gypsies LO3 3.1 Explanation of the approaches and interventions available, to support Travellers and Gypsies 3.2 Evaluation

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    but he also composed Hungarian music. This is thought provoking because it was unusual for a German to compose Hungarian music as well. This essay will be discussing what made Brahms compose Hungarian gypsy music. Also, Zigeunerlieder Op.103, one of Brahms’ pieces that contain the Hungarian gypsy element will be examined. Born on the 7th of May 1833 in Hamburg, Johannes Brahms was the second child born into the Lutheran family. He spent most of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. Not only

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    be different from the general population Gypsies and Travellers form rich, varied and diverse communities and include Romany Gypsies, Roma, Scottish Travellers, Welsh Travellers, New Travellers, Bargees or Boat dwellers, Show people and Circus People (Matthews, Z, 2008). For the purpose of this research my main focus will be on the Gypsy Travellers and their relationship with healthcare providers. There are no firm national data on the numbers of Gypsy Travellers living in the UK mainly because

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    muscular dystrophy. She had brain and spine scans and a muscle biopsy. She was eventually confined to a wheel chair because she couldn’t walk. Dee Dee thought Gypsy had sleep apnea so she took her to the hospital almost every day to lie about different illnesses and seek medication that Gypsy wouldn’t need. Many years later, June 2015, Gypsy is now serving 10 years in prison for plotting her mother’s murder. I would have never expected the documentary to end the way it did. However, according to text

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    Memorandum by the Gauleiter of Styria (Austria) regarding the solution of the “Gypsy  Question”, submitted 1939, Berlin    1. Fill in the following organizer based on this document.    Solution to the Gypsy Problem  What the author thinks of the  solution  Reasons for this position given  by the author  A solution for the gypsies is  to strip away all their culture  and make them like the  germans.   The author thinks that it  would be best to destroy all  the gypsies.  This is because, the gypsies  would pollute the blood of  the germans and the  purity 

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