About the Author

David M. Crowe is a professor of history at Elon University, where he teaches German and Russian history. He has served as President of the Association for the Study of Nationalities at Columbia University and is a member of the Education Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Nationalities Papers. He is the author of A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia.