Seznamy vězňů tzv. cikánských koncentračních táborů očima onomastiky

Two concentration camps were established for Roma people in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1942. from deported to Lety camp near Hodonín u Kunštátu, before most them murdered “Gypsy family camp” (Zigeunerlager)in Auschwitz II. Birkenau. The lists prisoners are valuable not only histori-ans (they published previously by historian Ctibor Nečas), but also onomastics, as they allow us analyse naming practise Czech Moravian pre-war period. There 325 unique surnames on these lists, with being or German, thus demonstrate connection territory its language(s). study discusses com-mon (e.g. Daniel, Holomek, Burianský) Růžička, Janeček, Vrba) well Sinti living borderland regions Winter). It is shown that different due his-torical social reasons. They mostly derived personal names Florián) place Dubský), motivated occupation adopted Kovář ‘smith’) character appearance individual Malík ‘small’). After war, 583 4,870 who had been imprisoned returned.