New Memorial Remembers the Roma

Jewish artist Dani Karavan (L) and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit attend the symbolic opening of construction of the new memorial to the Roma, also known as Gypsies; who horribly perished at the hands of the Nazis during World War II, on 19 December 2008 in Berlin, Germany. The memorial, designed by Karavan, will stand near the Reichstag.

At least 500,000 Romanies were murdered by the Nazis, as part of what became known as the " Final Solution" or what further became known as the Jewish Holocaust; where untold numbers of various nationalities died during this black mark upon humanity.