Hungarian Jews protest statue of WWII politician who drafted anti-Semitic laws

Row over statue of Balint Homan, who served as minister of religion and education twice between 1932 and 1942, broke out as Hungary grapples with anti-Semitic past and role it played in Holocaust.

A member of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party, delivers a speech to hundreds of far-right supporters during a rally against the World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly in Budapest May 4, 2013.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015 17:42

Hungarian Jews protest statue of WWII politician who drafted anti-Semitic laws

Row over statue of Balint Homan, who served as minister of religion and education twice between 1932 and 1942, broke out as Hungary grapples with anti-Semitic past and role it played in Holocaust.

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Hungarian Jews protest statue of WWII politician who drafted anti-Semitic laws

Row over statue of Balint Homan, who served as minister of religion and education twice between 1932 and 1942, broke out as Hungary grapples with anti-Semitic past and role it played in Holocaust.

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