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Hungary: Racism and fascism (1)

01 January 1991

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Hungary: Racism and fascism
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Foreign minister apologises for Holocaust
The Hungarian Foreign Minister, Laszlo Kovacks, said at the World
Jewish Congress in New York that the time had come `for the
Hungarian nation to face itself bravely and honestly' and that
`it was wrong to shift responsibility for the genocide in Hungary
solely and exclusively to Nazi Germany.' The new coalition
government of Socialists and Free Democrats has taken a markedly
different approach to the previous government that portrayed the
Holocaust as merely a part of a wider national tragedy (Jewish
Chronicle 14.10.94).

Leading neo-nazis charged

Following an investigation, Istvan Gyorkos and Albert Szabo, the
two leaders of the `Hungarist Movement' are to be charged with
public incitement and using forbidden symbols.
The Hungarist Movement was launched in April. It aims to
decide who counts as a `genuine Hungarian' and to rehabilitate
Hungary's war-time nazi leader, Ferenc Szalasi. It was founded
by the two men under investigation. Istvan Gyorkos is the
distributor in Hungary of the newsletter Uj Rend (New Order)
which is published by the American neo-nazi party, the NSDAP-AO.
Gyorkos is linked to the Austrian neo-nazi leader, Gottfried
Küssel. Albert Szabo was formerly head of the World National
Party of Popular Rule which he founded in Australia (Jewish
Chronicle, n.d.)

Csurka elected President of Hungarian Justice and Life Party

István Csurka has been elected president of the Hungarian Justice
and Life Party. The new party of the far-Right playwright, who
was thrown out of the Democratic Forum for his racism, failed to
win a single seat in the May elections. He is calling for
`national forces' to unite for local elections in December
(Budapest Sun 6-12.10.94).

IRR European Race Audit, Bulletin no 11, December 1994. Contact:
Liz Fekete, Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London
WC1X 9HS. Tel: 0171 837 0041

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