Hodonín () is a municipality and village in Blansko District in the

South Moravian Region The South Moravian Region ( cs, Jihomoravský kraj; , ; sk, Juhomoravský kraj) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia (an exception is Jobova Lhota which trad ...

of the

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. It has about 100 inhabitants.

History

The first written mention of Hodonín is from 1360. The most important owners of the village were the Pernštejn family that granted the village some privileges. During World War II,

Romani people The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...

were imprisoned at the Hodonín concentration camp, before being transported to the

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. Around 1,300 prisoners passed through the camp, 194 died.

References

External links

* Villages in Blansko District {{SouthMoravia-geo-stub