Rules and conditions

We con­sid­ered it very impor­tant to address data pro­tec­tion issues in greater depth than in oth­er projects on his­tor­i­cal top­ics. This is pri­mar­i­ly due to the con­tin­u­ing dai­ly dis­crim­i­na­tion against Roma and Sin­ti in the Czech and Slo­vak Republics and else­where in the world. We also dis­cussed the top­ic of per­son­al data pro­tec­tion inten­sive­ly with lead­ing experts in per­son­al data pro­tec­tion and copy­right law. For these rea­sons, we have decid­ed not to list some of the infor­ma­tion from the tes­ti­monies. The infor­ma­tion we have cho­sen not to record includes pri­mar­i­ly the full date of birth of the wit­ness­es, although this infor­ma­tion is includ­ed in some pub­li­ca­tions. The same applies to the con­cen­tra­tion camp iden­ti­fi­ca­tion num­ber (most often from Auschwitz). We do not pro­vide a post-war address in the data­base, or only when it is clear that the sur­vivor has since moved again. Nor do we list the names of chil­dren except for the names of chil­dren whose death (usu­al­ly dur­ing the war or as a result of wartime hard­ship) was men­tioned by a witness.

When access­ing the data­base, at each page of the tes­ti­mo­ny users are prompt­ed to inform us of any infor­ma­tion that should either be cor­rect­ed or that the fam­i­ly does not wish to be pub­lished (see also Con­tact). It is extreme­ly impor­tant for us to accom­mo­date such responses.