The Simon Wiesenthal Center blasted Hungarian officials for their failure to stop a Neo Nazi event in the city of Szekesfehervar, where aproposed statue to honor Balint Homan, a major Hungarian anti-Semite and Nazi collaborator was recently halted following an international outcry.
Mark Weitzman, the Wiesenthal Center’s Director of Government Affairs, who helped spearhead the international protests against the monument, declared, “This weekend’s scheduled eventin featuring a SS veteran and neo-Nazis followed by a concert (See Flyer) is another blatant attempt to honor and glorify the perpetrators of the Holocaust. For such an event to be allowedto go forward without any condemnation in the country that is currently chairing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and has a law against Holocaust denial, is an exercise inpolitical and historical hypocrisy."
"When I met with the mayor of Szekesfehervar in December regarding theproposed Homan statue, he expressed his concern that Szekesfehervar would be remembered for that controversy. In lightof this weekend’s planned event, we can say that it is clear that Szekesfehervar will be notorious from now on as a city that allows the glorification of Nazis,” Weitzmanconcluded.
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