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Jesse Jackson Pays Homage to Roma at Auschwitz Ceremony

Associated Press

   OSWIECIM, POLAND - American civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse
   Jackson prayed and mourned at Auschwitz-Birkenau on Friday as he joined
   survivors paying homage to an often forgotten genocide -- that of the
   Roma people -- on a key 75th anniversary.

   In addition to the 6 million Jews killed in camps such as Auschwitz,
   the Nazis killed other minorities during World War II, including
   between 250,000 and 500,000 Roma and Sinti.

   Broadly speaking, Sinti are people who arrived from India and settled
   in Western and Central Europe many centuries ago, while Roma are
   centered largely in Eastern Europe. Since the term Gypsies is
   considered offensive, the groups are collectively usually referred to
   as Roma.

   Jackson drew comparisons between the suffering of the long-persecuted
   minority in Europe with that of African Americans. In turn, a German
   Roma leader, Romani Rose, said that the African American struggle that
   made vast achievements in the 20th century was a model and inspiration
   for his people, who still face marginalization and violence.
   

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