The US Embassy in Budapest condemned Monday an article published by Hungarian ministerial commissioner Szilard Demeter that compared billionaire George Soros to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
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"There should be no tolerance for Holocaust relativization and minimization of any kind," the embassy posted on its Twitter account.
The U.S. Embassy in Budapest strongly condemns the statements made in a recent op-ed equating current debates in Europe with the horrific murder of millions of people during the Holocaust. There should be no tolerance for Holocaust relativization and minimization of any kind. pic.twitter.com/DNDuoonu2u
— US Embassy Budapest (@usembbudapest) November 30, 2020
In his opinion piece, Demeter referred to Europe as "George Soros' gas chamber," and called Soros "the liberal Führer" [whose] liber-aryan army deifies him more than did Hitler's own."
The piece prompted strong reactions from several Hungarian Jewish groups and opposition politicians and was also condemned by the Israeli Embassy.
More than 12,000 people, including numerous Hungarian public figures like Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony, have signed a petition demanding Demeter's resignation.
Demeter retracted the article following the backlash and deleted his Facebook account.
Deputy Prime Minister Mihaly Varga said that Demeter would remain in his position, saying that by retracting his article and deleting his Facebook account, Demeter "admitted his mistake" and understood that his article "could harm the memory of the victims."
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