The Romani Diaspora never forget though few us even know of their holocaust and only rub shoulders with gypsies on our travels when they entertain for us.
Gypsy music evenings we find in our loveholidays travel pack are a feature of Hungarian holidays while for a daily dose of traditional music it can be found in the Central Market Hall in Budapest.
Where, of course, I was dragged as a trade-off for my history binge in the Hungarian capital.
Pride of place above the food and merch stalls, and word to the wise the Hungarians love a tin of goose liver and a Russian doll with Putin and miniature Vlads, is Fakanal Etterem restaurant.
Where we refuel after a day pounding the streets,
After a morning in the Budapest baths with our food du jour goulash.
And listen to the lunchtime entertainment, a gypsy trio.
Just as Margaret Thatcher, George HW Bush, the Emperor of Japan and Princess Diana had done before us.
And that would have been some dinner party although we suspect they weren’t all there at the same time.
A gypsy trio
Now our troupe clearly had their tourist audience down pat.
With the violinist asking each table where they were from and tailoring his tunes to their country of origin.
With the French getting La Vie en Rose and in the absence of a Japanese tune the staple Blue Danube for our eastern friends.
Gypsy songs like every tradition the world over harks back to history.
And while our Fakanal Etterem trio lift our spirits with their toe-tapping tunes.
They equally will have laments for those we celebrate this year on the 80th anniversary of the Romani Holocaust.
Romani Resistance Day
And reflect on an act of unimagined bravery and the Romani uprising against their overlords in Auschwitz.
When on 15 May 1944, 600 Roma prisoners from the 6000 then in the camp defied their guards who were planning to execute them all.
Instead they barricaded themselves into their barracks.
With hammers, pickaxes and shovels they had gathered after breaking into the equipment warehouse.
It was the bravest of resistances and no gypsies were gassed that day.
The Nazis responded by moving half of the prisoners to other camps and gassing the remaining 3,000.
All of which is commemorated on May 16, Romani Resistance Day.
What we all share
And which the Son and Heir who was invited out to Auschwitz last year to observe the commemorations learned from the community.
There is, of course, much to learn from reaching out beyond our own circle.
As I found first-hand when I found that I was actually booked to travel with a gypsy party on a Topflight working assignment.
To Marian site Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
And came away with a whole new understanding of a community which has been maligned and alienated.
The Romani Diaspora never forget though.
Nor those of us who reach out and share what we all do, music, faith and compassion.