Marton Dunai
By Marton Dunai
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Fast Forward Hungary’s Viktor Orban Admits Some Chose ‘Evil’ in Holocaust
(Reuters) — Prime Minister Viktor Orban overcame unease within his government to acknowledge Hungary’s role in the Holocaust on Monday, saying many people in the central European country acted “shamefully” in World War Two. Speaking at a memorial for Jewish soldiers who died defending Hungary’s borders during World War One, Orban said Hungary also owed…
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Fast Forward Hungary Jews Recall Nazi Collaborators Role in Holocaust
(Reuters) — Tamas Marton was a Budapest schoolboy in 1944 when Hungarians allied to Nazi Germany helped to deport half a million Jews, including his mother, to death camps. Seventy years on, as Hungarians still grapple with the past and many support the far-right Jobbik party, the government finds itself in conflict with the Jewish…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism No Longer Taboo in Hungary as Jobbik-Led Culture War Rages
(Reuters) — Budapest’s Jewish community is vibrant, visible and patriotic; and yet seven decades after the Holocaust, the taboo about expressing anti-Semitic views is breaking down among many fellow Hungarians. Some Jews and academics blame this on the far-right Jobbik party, which has come from nowhere to become the second most popular party as one…
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