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Charlie Chaplin, whose parents were both half-Romani, caricatures Adolf Hitler in The Great Dictator (1940)

Video. New film celebrates Charlie Chaplin's Romani background

Updated: 08/04/2022 - 8:00 GMT+2

Friday, April 8 is International Romani Day. As Roma advocacy groups raise the alarm over discrimination on the Ukrainian border, Euronews looks back at a surprising cultural icon who had a stark message on the treatment of minorities in his own time.

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