For decades, Frieda Daniels was a hire-wire artist who wowed the crowds with her performances high above the ground. Today, the 93-year-old daughter of a Sinti family of high-wire performers travels around sharing her story. 

As a child, she and her family were persecuted by the Nazis simply because they belonged to the Sinti and Roma community. 

An estimated 500,000 Sinti and Roma were murdered during the Nazi genocide. 

In 1954 Frieda moved to the United States and now lives in California. DW spoke to her on a recent visit to Heidelberg in Germany, where painful memories resurfaced during a visit to an exhibition.