The people "persecuted, tortured and killed because they were Jews belonged to us, they were part of the Hungarian nation," Gulyás said.Continue reading
Parliamentary parties commemorated the victims of the Holocaust on Thursday, marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Ruling Fidesz said in a statement that “Hungary is one of the safest countries in Europe, also for our Jewish compatriots”. Mass migration results in a growing number of attacks against European Jews in immigrant countries, it added.
“Hungary must move forward and not backwards,” Fidesz said repeating its 2022 campaign slogan, adding that “we must not go back to the past in terms of threats against Jews, either”.
The opposition Socialists (MSZP) said “the most terrible sites of our history, the death camps that operated in the middle of Europe, warn us even today that it is a common responsibility to act against the spread of extremist ideologies”.
Over seventy years after the terrible tragedy “the best way to pay respect to the memory of victims is to say no to hate, stigmatisation, exclusion and indifference,” the party added.
Opposition DK said in a statement that one must never forget “the suffering of the innocent because it is the only way to learn from the horrors of the past”. “It is our obligation to preserve the memory of victims and protect fragile human lives, and prevent the spread of ideologies that promote discrimination,” it added.
Opposition LMP said it was important to remember the victims of the Holocaust in order to pay respect and also “because it is worth reminding ourselves from time to time where hate and discrimination could easily lead to”.
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