Czech Jewish community leaders plan to commemorate the Holocaust with Gypsy leaders in Prague on Jan. 27. The joint commemoration is believed to be the first of its kind. Prague Jewish Community leader Tomas Jelinek said the Gypsies shared a similar wartime fate as Czech Jews.
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