Bucharest mayoral candidate accuses Jewish community of lying about Holocaust dead
Romanian watchdog group on anti-Semitism said it was worried by the mayoral candidacy of Marian Munteanu who said local Jews lied for money about the number of brethren killed in Holocaust.
Jewish community members from Romania hold Torah scrolls during the inauguration ceremony for the Holocaust memorial in Bucharest October 8, 2009.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByJTA