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Romania lawmaker punished for Holocaust commentes
Romanian lawmaker, Dan Sova (file photo)
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Wed Mar 7, 2012 6:55PM GMT
Historical data show that a total of 24 Jews were killed during the
Iasi pogrom by the German army."
Romanian opposition senator Dan Sova
A Romanian lawmaker has been punished by his Party after denying the
country's late pro-Nazi leader Ion Antonescu's responsibility in the
Holocaust during World War II.
Opposition senator Dan Sova was discharged as the Social Democrat
Party (PSD) spokesman on Wednesday after he said on television that
"no Jew suffered on Romanian territory, thanks to marshal Antonescu".
Sova also claimed that "historical data show that a total of 24 Jews
were killed during the Iasi pogrom by the German army."
"Mr Sova made a tremendous blunder. From now on he is no longer the
PSD spokesman," the Social Democrats' leader Victor Ponta said in a
press conference.
Ponta also said that Sova will be sent to Washington DC in United
States to visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Two Romanian NGOs, Romani CRISS and MCA Romania have filed a criminal
complaint against Sova, saying "the senator's denial statements have
been explicit and his apology must reflect that he regrets and assumes
his error and not what might have been misunderstood or
misinterpreted".
Holocaust denial is considered a crime in Romania.
Romanian lawmaker, Dan Sova (file photo)
press tv
Wed Mar 7, 2012 6:55PM GMT
Historical data show that a total of 24 Jews were killed during the
Iasi pogrom by the German army."
Romanian opposition senator Dan Sova
A Romanian lawmaker has been punished by his Party after denying the
country's late pro-Nazi leader Ion Antonescu's responsibility in the
Holocaust during World War II.
Opposition senator Dan Sova was discharged as the Social Democrat
Party (PSD) spokesman on Wednesday after he said on television that
"no Jew suffered on Romanian territory, thanks to marshal Antonescu".
Sova also claimed that "historical data show that a total of 24 Jews
were killed during the Iasi pogrom by the German army."
"Mr Sova made a tremendous blunder. From now on he is no longer the
PSD spokesman," the Social Democrats' leader Victor Ponta said in a
press conference.
Ponta also said that Sova will be sent to Washington DC in United
States to visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Two Romanian NGOs, Romani CRISS and MCA Romania have filed a criminal
complaint against Sova, saying "the senator's denial statements have
been explicit and his apology must reflect that he regrets and assumes
his error and not what might have been misunderstood or
misinterpreted".
Holocaust denial is considered a crime in Romania.