A senior government official in Hungary is coming under sharp criticism for praising the country’s World War II-era leader as an exceptional head of state and a hero.
“It is my conviction that a remembrance and homage is due to Miklos Horthy,” Lazar says in the video, which he posted Tuesday on his Facebook page. “It is due to Governor Miklos Horthy because in Miklos Horthy we can honor an exceptional statesman who was a true heroic soldier and a true Hungarian patriot.,” Lazar said.
The U.S. ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman, also wrote on X that Lazar’s participation in the event honoring Horthy concerned the U.S. government. The chief Rabbi of Hungary’s largest synagogue, Robert Frolich, posted on his own Facebook page about Horthy’s avowed antisemitism and promises to Hitler to “gradually phase out the Jews” in Hungary during World War II.
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