Germany has started building a memorial to about 500,000 Gypsies persecuted by the Nazis.
Construction on the square well in Berlin's central Tiergarten park follows 16 years of debate among leading groups representing Germany's Gypsies, or Sinti and Roma.
It is due to be completed in 2009.
Romani Rose, leader of Germany's Central Council for Sinti and Roma, spoke at Friday's groundbreaking ceremony.
Rose praised the government for "recognizing its historical responsibility for those Gypsies who were persecuted under the Nazis."
Some 220,000 to 500,000 Gypsies were killed during the Holocaust. Berlin also has memorials to Jews and gay victims killed by the Nazis.
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