Jimmy Carr has been chastised for a joke that he made in his most recent Netflix comedy show abut travellers.

The comedian’s program, ‘His Dark Material,’ has sparked outrage over a remark he made against the Roma community.

As spectators gasped in horror at the comedian’s use of the Holocaust as a punchline, the joke was dubbed “truly disturbing” and “beyond tasteless.”

“Strap in everyone, you ready?” Carr said in the video, which has gone viral on social media.

He starts the joke by saying: “When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of six million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine.

“But they never mention the thousands of gypsies that were killed by the Nazis.

“No one ever talks about that because no one wants to talk… about the positives.”

Facebook user Alfie Best commented beside the video. “Really goes to show what some people think. I have one thing to say thank you for sharing your views on gypsies as this spreads hate.

“And it shows the world the abundance of abuse we take as gypsy people, glad the audience found it funny.”

Others took to Twitter to express themselves.

“This is truly disturbing and goes way beyond humour,” stated Charity The Traveller Movement, which supports the traveller community.

“We need all your support in calling this out #StopTravellerHate @StopFundingHate.”

The organization has initiated a petition to have “the segments of His Dark Material which celebrate the Romani genocide removed.”

Carr’s “abhorrent” comments were also condemned by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust in a statement.

“We are absolutely appalled at Jimmy Carr’s comment about persecution suffered by Roma and Sinti people under Nazi oppression, and horrified that gales of laughter followed his remarks,” said CEO Olivia Marks-Woldman.

“Hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti people suffered prejudice, slave labour, sterilisation and mass murder simply because of their identity – these are not experiences for mockery”.

“These comments from Jimmy Carr are beyond tasteless,” Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said on Twitter.

“The targeting of Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust is no laughing matter. Deeply offensive. I also don’t understand how this was aired @netflix.”

Ms Marks-Woldman advised people to “learn more about the past and the experiences of Roma people today” in order to counter “widespread ignorance” regarding the Nazis’ persecution of Roma people.

“We join the call for Netflix to remove this content from Jimmy Carr’s new show,” Hope Not Hate stated in response to The Traveller Movement’s tweet. “Solidarity with the GRT community!”

Other Twitter users chastised the comic, with one saying, “I am sickened to my stomach and will never watch this heathen of a man again. The suffering and horrors that these ppl, men, women and little children experienced and he gets a cheap laugh out of it. You disgust me @jimmycarr”.

“This is shocking he should be ashamed of himself and the audience laughing,” remarked another.

Another person added: “How is this ok… He should be ashamed of himself.”