The area of what used to be the County of Sava in 1931 was a part of the Kingdom of Yugo-
slavia, and that territory in 1948 was a part of the People’s Republic of Croatia, it-
self a part of the Federative People’s Republic of Yugoslavia. The census conducted
on 31 March 1931 made a distiction between a “maternal language”, religion, and
“nationality” (i.e. ethnicity). It is clearly demonstrated by the table 2 that the ma-
jority of the Roma population in 1931 declared themselves as members of the Yu-
goslav nationality, 12.486 in total, which equaled 87,41% of the whole Roma popu-
lation in the County of Sava. This means that the Roma population was highly inte-
grated into the constituent majority. The census of 1948 was conducted in great
need for information on the post-war Yugoslav population. The form contained a
question on “nationality” to determine the current ethnic composition of the count-
ry. Comparing the two censuses, it is now clear that the number of Roma on the
territory of what used to be the County of Sava was decreased by 14.160, or
99,13%

Alen Tahiri,Roma in the County of Sava according to 1931 and 1948 censuses, Topola nr. 3, 2017.