▁Roman i ▁as ▁Naz i ▁policy ▁towards ▁Roma ▁and ▁Sint i ▁was ▁complicated ▁by ▁pseudo - histor ic ▁ra cial ist ▁theories , ▁which ▁could ▁be ▁contradict ory , ▁namely ▁that ▁the ▁Roman i ▁were ▁of ▁Egypt ian ▁ancest ry . ▁While ▁they ▁considered ▁Roman i ▁gross ly ▁inferior , ▁they ▁believed ▁the ▁Roma ▁people ▁had ▁some ▁distant ▁" A ry an " ▁roots ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁cor rupted . ▁The ▁Roman i ▁are ▁actually ▁a ▁distinct ly ▁European ▁people ▁of ▁considerable ▁North western ▁Indian ▁descent , ▁or ▁what ▁is ▁literally ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁A ry an . ▁Similarly ▁to ▁European ▁Jews , ▁specifically ▁the ▁Ash ken azi , ▁the ▁Roman i ▁people ▁quickly ▁acquired ▁European ▁gen et ics ▁via ▁ens lav ement ▁and ▁inter mar riage ▁upon ▁their ▁arrival ▁in ▁Europe ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Prote ctor ate ▁of ▁Boh emia ▁and ▁Mor avia , ▁the ▁Naz i ▁gen o cide ▁of ▁the ▁Roman i ▁was ▁so ▁thorough ▁that ▁it ▁ex termin ated ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Boh em ian ▁Roman i ▁speak ers , ▁eventually ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁language ' s ▁ext inction ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁with ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁its ▁last ▁known ▁speaker , ▁H ana ▁Š eb k ová . ▁In ▁Den mark , ▁Greece ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁countries , ▁resistance ▁by ▁the ▁native ▁population ▁th wart ed ▁planned ▁Naz i ▁deport ations ▁and ▁ex termin ation ▁of ▁the ▁Roman i . ▁In ▁most ▁conquer ed