A Half-Century After Hitler, Gypsies Face New Fight to Exist

From: The Washington Post | Date: August 13, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

The popularity of Magdalena Babicka, the local beauty queen, soared after her response to a question in the Miss Czech 1993 contest, even though she failed to win the crown.

Babicka, a high school junior, explained during the ceremony televised across the Czech Republic in April that she wanted to get a law degree and become a prosecutor.

And then, Babicka said, she would "cleanse" her home town of its "dark-skinned" residents.

The ballroom crowd applauded, while across the country - and particularly here in Babicka's home town - many Czechs were glad that somebody had finally spoken out ...

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