Orban Defends Nazi-Invasion Monument After Jewish Protest
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended a monument marking the Nazi-invasion of Hungary, deepening a conflict with the country’s largest Jewish group, which threatened to boycott Holocaust commemorations in protest.
The monument plans to depict Hungary, a Nazi ally in World War II, as Archangel Gabriel being swooped down upon by the imperial eagle, representing Germany. The Jewish group Mazsihisz has threatened to boycott government-sponsored commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust, in which 500,000 Hungarians, mostly Jews, were killed, according to the Budapest-based Holocaust Memorial Center.