IN 2000 - A B'nai B'rith Budapest Páholy

172 ANTI-SEMITIC DISCOURSE IN HUNGARY IN 2000About the Relationship of the SZDSZ and the Jews“I do not consider the prominent MPs of the SZDSZ Jewish because they wouldprotest, citing their right to privacy … Therefore, when they try to protect me, itbasically means that they want to exclude my Jewish culture from the society. Theyconsider it anti-Semitic if somebody calls something Jewish, for example.” 81“There is only one party in Hungary that keeps track of the ethnic identityand faith of its members …which as part of its image-building takes special carenot to have a Jew as its leader. Since its foundation, the Szabad DemokratákSzövetsége (Alliance of Free Democrats) has done a lot to keep alive the fearsof Jews living in Hungary and incite hatred and conflict among Jewish and non-Jewish citizens.” 82“…I know that the SZDSZ people are a special type who, by definition, arealways right. So I can only support Veronika Spira who said that the 600,000victims were too few.” 83About the HolocaustAbout the Holocaust Memorial Day initiated by Education Minister ZoltánPokorni: “…any victim, whatever his or her religion or race, deserves honor,including Hungarians” The person who wrote the letter hopes that “the leadersof the country do not intend to divide the nation.” 84Israel urges European countries to reject Haider: “the racist, chauvinistic,nationalist and religious state”, which “feels that at this point Jews can livemerely off the memory of the Holocaust”. 85“…I abhor the fact that many people … dare to say explicitly that of all thethings that ever happened here only the Holocaust was a crime, or that everythingthe Communists did in the world and in Hungary was nothing comparedto the Holocaust.” 8681 “A zsidóság nevében” (In the Name of Jewry. An Interview by Tibor Franka with TamásGoldmann Galambos and Gábor Ács). January 16, 2000.82 “Falig érô liberalizmus” (Liberalism Reaching the Wall. Pál Lakatos in conversation with ZsoltBayer.) July 23, 2000.83 “Baráti körök országos találkozója “ (National Meeting of Friends’Associations. Speech deliveredby István Lovas). November 26, 2000.84 Postabontás. (Opening the Mail). January 30, 2000.85 “Haider, ahogy Csurka István látja” (Haider, as István Csurka Sees him. Interview with IstvánCsurka by Pál Lakatos.) February 13, 2000.86 “Falig érô liberalizmus” (Liberalism Reaching the Wall. Pál Lakatos in conversation with ZsoltBayer). July 23, 2000.