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NYT - Hungary Far-Right Leader Discovers Jewish Roots


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LOL.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As a rising star in Hungary's far-right Jobbik Party, Csanad Szegedi was notorious for his incendiary comments on Jews: He accused them of "buying up" the country, railed about the "Jewishness" of the political elite and claimed Jews were desecrating national symbols.

Then came a revelation that knocked him off his perch as ultra-nationalist standard-bearer: Szegedi himself is a Jew.

Following weeks of Internet rumors, Szegedi acknowledged in June that his grandparents on his mother's side were Jews — making him one too under Jewish law, even though he doesn't practice the faith. His grandmother was an Auschwitz survivor and his grandfather a veteran of forced labor camps.

Since then, the 30-year-old has become a pariah in Jobbik and his political career is on the brink of collapse. He declined to be interviewed for this story.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/08/14/world/europe/ap-eu-hungary-rightists-roots.html?pagewanted=2&_r=3

Perfect.

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Brilliant.

Another piece of local irony I love is the fact a young Hitler, whilst dodging being conscripted into the Austrian army, came to Liverpool in the fall/ winter of 1912 through spring 1913 when it was okay for him to return home, staying with his brother and his wife. At the end of the street in Toxteth were their apartment was, is the Princess Road Synagogue, a stunningly big, ornate, Jewish Synagogue.

I just love the fact he'd of had to of passed this each and every day.

Hail.

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