Hungary cancels the unveiling of a statue of a World War II-era politician — seen as anti-Semitic by Hungary’s largest Jewish group — after a protest.
Several dozen protesters holding placards reading “Racism out” surround the covered statue of Gyorgy Donath, a member of Hungary’s wartime government, which was allied with Nazi Germany and brought in anti-Jewish laws.
“I don’t see why this person should ever have a statue in a public place in Hungary,” protestor Gabor Eross says, later climbing onto the statue with a placard.
Gergely Gulyas, a senior member of the ruling Fidesz party announces the cancellation of the ceremony. “The circumstances are not good,” he says before leaving.
As a government member between 1939 and 1944, Donath supported laws against Hungary’s Jewish and ethnic-German minorities, although he was not part of the Hungarian fascist regime installed by the Nazis in late-1944.
— AFP
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