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What connects the Knights Templar and gypsies - more than you might imagine!

You might not immediately associate the Roma people or Gypsies with the Knights Templar – but some believe there was a connection. There’s even one theory that the Templars became what we now called gypsies. I’ll explain that idea further below! Before we get going, I must admit to a fascination with the mysterious origins of the Romani in Europe and groups like the Ashkali and Sinti. The idea…

Repatriation from Germany to Kosovo as seen and experienced by Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children.