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As Merkel unveils memorial, Roma say they still face discrimination.

Roma Holocaust survivor Ceija Stojka dies

Stojka, a writer and artist, raised awareness of the plight of Roma people under the Nazis.

Messina Weiss, 12, great grand-daughter of Holocaust survivor Gertrud Rocher, carries a flower at the memorial's inauguration on Wednesday. Hitler sought to exterminate Europe's Roma population as well as its Jews.

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