 Across Europe, Romani communities continued to face widespread institutionalized discrimination and hostility. Some turned to the courts for redress and compensation. All too often, their claims were dismissed. In 1952, 37 Roma and Sinti survivors of the Lachenbach camp signed a petition to the Austrian authorities. The so-called Zigeunerlager Lachenbach was the biggest of its kind in the Reich, with over 4,000 prisoners.