Far-right leader's demand for list of Jews spurs outrage in Hungary

Started by viper37, November 05, 2013, 11:46:35 AM

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By ReutersBUDAPEST -- Around 10,000 Hungarians protested on Sunday against the far-right opposition Jobbik party, after one of its lawmakers triggered outrage and memories of Nazism by calling for lists of Jews to be drawn up.
The rally outside Budapest's parliament brought together leaders from governing and opposition parties in an unprecedented show of unity in the country's deeply divided political scene.
"We cannot allow things which belong to the darkest pages of history books to repeat themselves," Antal Rogan, head of the ruling Fidesz party's parliamentary group, told demonstrators who waved national flags and demanded the resignation of Jobbik MP Marton Gyongyosi.
On Monday Gyongyosi, one of Jobbik's 44 lawmakers in the 386-seat parliament, said after a debate on fighting in the Gaza Strip it would be "timely" to tally up people of Jewish ancestry in Hungary who posed a national security risk.
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What could possibly go wrong with such a list?  It's not like we've seen it before...


I wonder if this party has a solid base, or if it was a just a temporary vote of frustration.

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Maximus

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November 05, 2013, 11:48:43 AM
 :secret: Look at the date on that article.

Syt

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November 05, 2013, 12:27:51 PM
In unrelated news, a church in Budapest  recently unveiled a statue dedicated to the memory of Admiral Horthy.
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November 05, 2013, 12:42:42 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 05, 2013, 12:27:51 PM
In unrelated news, a church in Budapest  recently unveiled a statue dedicated to the memory of Admiral Horthy.

Your point being? At least in connection to this thread given that Horthy protected Hungary's Jews until he was overthrown by the Germans and their Nazi aligned Hungarian puppet party. There's a reason that most of Hungary's Holocaust victims died in 1944-5.
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November 05, 2013, 12:49:16 PM
They recently built a monument to a Nebraska Admiral in Washington.
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viper37

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November 05, 2013, 02:28:37 PM
Quote from: Maximus on November 05, 2013, 11:48:43 AM
:secret: Look at the date on that article.
duh!

I just saw this on someone's FB and searched for an english version.  That'll teach me.
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November 05, 2013, 03:29:49 PM
Did you guys know Obama got reelected?
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