chirikli:halfsyproblems:Rroma You Should Know: Charlie ChaplinOne of the most famous figures of the
chirikli:halfsyproblems:Rroma You Should Know: Charlie ChaplinOne of the most famous figures of the last century, but one whose heritage is too often overlooked. Chaplin was born to Romanichal (or perhaps Black Dutch) music hall performers, and worked his way up from deep poverty into movie stardom through his vaudeville act, portraying his now famous character, “the Tramp.” Though Chaplin was almost immediately whitewashed by history, he himself never denied his roots, and it is thought that that (at least in part) led him to so openly sympathize with the plight of the Jews and Rroma in Europe during WWII, and so vigorously denounce (even in the early days, when many American stars were hesitant to do so) Hitler and the Nazi regime.^^^ He literally wrote about his heritage in letters all the time, and yet somehow nobody knows about it… -- source link
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