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| January 23, 2013
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‘Jews live in fear in Europe’ says President of European Parliament

European Union was established ‘on the lessons of Auschwitz’ as a framework, but, what of the 50% rise in anti-Semitic incidents in France & in Austria in 2012?
There were also political gains by 2 virulently anti-Semitic parties: Golden Dawn in Greece & Jobbik in Hungary.

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BRUSSELS – Jewish people are living in fear in Europe but the European Union will make sure they are not harmed, the president of the European Parliament said.

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“Yes, Jewish people are living in fear in Europe but this is not 1929, this is 2012,” European Parliament President Martin Schultz has said Jan. Continue Reading »

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| December 3, 2012
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10 Thousand rally in Budapest after rightist demands list of Jewish ‘security risks’

On Tuesday, a Hungarian far-right politician urged the gov’t to draw up a list of Jews who pose ‘national security risk’, stirred outrage among Jewish leaders.

 

 

Thousands attended an anti-Nazi rally Sunday in Hungary organized by Jewish and civic groups to protest a far-right lawmaker’s call to screen Jews for national security risks.

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Participants wave Hungarian national flags and a flag of Romas, right, as thousands of people attend a protest called Mass Demonstration Against Nazism in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. – Photo by AP

The rally was unusual because politicians from both the government and opposition parties shared a stage outside parliament. Continue Reading »

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| November 26, 2012
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Norway’s police chief apologizes over World War II deportations of Jews

During WWII, 772 Norwegian Jews & Jewish refugees were deported to Nazi concentration camps

A 91-year-old man charged with Nazi crimes in Germany

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Norway’s chief of police Monday expressed “regret” over the police force’s role in the arrests and deportations of Jews from the German-occupied country during World War II.

“On behalf of Norwegian police and those involved in the deportations of Norwegian Jews, I wish to express regret,” Odd Reidar Humlegard said on public broadcaster NRK.

Anti-Semitic graffit on an Olso storefont in 1941.

Anti-Semitic graffit on an Olso storefont in 1941. – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The apology coincided with the 70th anniversary of the deportation of 532 Norwegian Jews on a vessel named Donau. Continue Reading »

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