Dunno about that, but some years ago, before the present hysteria over illegal immigrants and asylum seekers erupted, Radio 4 reported on a group of east European gypsies who had settled on the fringes of an English east coast town. They had migrated there to escape persecution from mobs of fascists who had emerged following the collapse of communism. The locals were up in arms and Radio 4 went along to see what all the fuss was about.

After listening to the usual diatribe from one of the protesters, the interviewer said "isn't it all a bit like the holocaust?".

The woman replied "Holocaust! That's nothing to what we'll give them".