The New Roma Ghettos: Inside Slovakia&amp;#8217;s Ongoing Segregation Nightmare
Children playing on a broken wall in the Vel&amp;#8217;ka Ida Roma settlement, in eastern Slovakia. The massive US Steel factory is visible in the background. Photos by Matt Lutton.
Throughout history, sometimes events seem perfectly aligned to spark racial violence. On March 10 of last year, the residents of the small village of Kr&aacute;snohorsk&eacute; Podhradie, in the mountains of eastern Slovakia, looked up to the hilltop at the center of town to see their beloved 14th-century Kr&aacute;sna H&ocirc;rka Castle being engulfed in flames. By the time firefighters made it up the hill, the roof was gone and three bells had melted down into the tower.&nbsp;
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