Welcome to Robert Dawson Gallery Site
october, 2021.
the website is not up to date - it probably wonlt ever be, but it now has over 5000 images.
To assist visitors, the site consists of 5 galleries as follow:
GALLERY 1
Early Gypsies History Gypsies and Travellers in Art 8 pages of the Romani Holocaust (the Porrajmos)
GALLERY 2
Work and Leisure images British Art Non British Art Non UK Romanies, Eastern Europe Non UK Romanies, Western Europe Americas, Africa, Middle East, India Balkans
GALLERY 3
UK Wagons, tents and Camps images Wagons/Trailers only Fairs and Fairgrounds Non-UK Gypsies Scottish Nawken Irish Pavee Travellers Stereotypes, Prejudice and Persecution Portraits etc UK Encampments
Romani Holocaust Additions but no information 1
GALLERY 4
Additional UK images West European Eastern Europe St Maries de la Mer Romani Holocaust Additions, with information 1 Romani Holocaust Additions with Information 2 Romani Holocaust Additions with information 3 Elsewhere
GALLERY 5
Additional Overseas images 1 Additional Overseas 2 General Overflow Romani Holocaust Additions but no information 1 Romani Holocaust Additions but no information 2 Romani Holocaust Additions but no information 3 Others with location not known Romani Holocaust occupied territories named
REGARDS TA KUSHTI BOK.
GALLERY 1
Early Gypsies History Gypsies and Travellers in Art 8 pages of the Romani Holocaust (the Porrajmos)
GALLERY 2
Work and Leisure images British Art Non British Art Non UK Romanies, Eastern Europe Non UK Romanies, Western Europe Americas, Africa, Middle East, India Balkans
GALLERY 3
UK Wagons, tents and Camps images Wagons/Trailers only Fairs and Fairgrounds Non-UK Gypsies Scottish Nawken Irish Pavee Travellers Stereotypes, Prejudice and Persecution Portraits etc UK Encampments
Romani Holocaust Additions but no information 1
GALLERY 4
Additional UK images West European Eastern Europe St Maries de la Mer Romani Holocaust Additions, with information 1 Romani Holocaust Additions with Information 2 Romani Holocaust Additions with information 3 Elsewhere
GALLERY 5
Additional Overseas images 1 Additional Overseas 2 General Overflow Romani Holocaust Additions but no information 1 Romani Holocaust Additions but no information 2 Romani Holocaust Additions but no information 3 Others with location not known Romani Holocaust occupied territories named
REGARDS TA KUSHTI BOK.
There's all sorts of books and pictures and documents, including Porrajmos, for sale on my website [email protected]
NOTE ABOUT REPRODUCTION
I AM HAPPY FOR PEOPLE TO REPRODUCE IMAGES FROM THIS SITE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING. I HAVE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE MAJORITY OF THE IMAGES. MANY ARE UNIQUE. ANY ITEMS REPRODUCED FROM THIS SITE MUST STATE: "Reproduced by courtesy of the Robert Dawson Romany Collection." Some images may also be copyright and users must clear copyright for themselves - I cannot give that consent.
On this site are a range of pictures of Gypsies and other Travellers in history, the UK and elsewhere. It is still under construction and will be for a long time to come. When I can I am including additional information but often the pictures speak for themselves.
They have been accumulated over a 60 year period (mainly in the last 30) and some are very rare or even unique. Please note tat though a minority of these pictures are widely available, I have the only copy for some and may hold the intellectual property rights. Others are copyright other people (such as Barrie Law). So if you want to use them somehow or in something, you must obtain permission first. A fee may be involved depending on what they are required for. I have also donated some 500 originals of the Gypsy Holocaust to the National Holocaust Centre at Laxton, Notts; 500 to Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group and over 1000 to the Roma Support Group.
SS and Romanies on Photos
Many photos show Romanies with Nazi solders. I had always assumed these were simply casual encounters but a detailed examination of 89 such photos show that in 50 such photos, the Romanies are with SS soldiers and in 9 more believed to be so.
March 2016: The death certificate below is from one of the labour sub camps at Auschwitz - not the Gypsy camp, proving the presence of Gypsies other than in the Gypsy camp. I have obtained several more, plus punishment sentences of mainly Austrian Sinti or Roma from Gross-Rosen plus a few permissions to go to the camp brothel, again mainly Austrian.