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Romania: 'Holocaust denier' appointed as minister
Attila Somfalvi
Published: 06.08.12, 23:13
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1. ussr
Zivron   (08.06.12)
Russia renewed has old obligations to compensate and reward her people for their losses in ww2. Rumania fought with the nazis.RUSSIA OUGHT ASSERT HER MORAL RIGHT as regards Rumania .
2. ''no Jew suffered on Romanian soil''
Gabriel ,   Leiden, Netherlands   (08.06.12)
We could go on and on and on, but you know: ''nuff said.'' Idiot.
3. Does he write for Alternet?
steve from raleigh   (08.07.12)
Or Huffington Post?
4. Shows there is free speech in Rumania
Arnold ,   Canada   (08.07.12)
Does not mean it is intelligent speech.
5. What about Ahmad Tibi,
Zoe ,   LA/Rishon le Zion   (08.07.12)
Our own member of the Knesset and an avid Holocaust denier?
6. Why are there Jews in Romania
k ,   US   (08.07.12)
these are countries with deep anti-semitic pasts and have blood in their hands, get out of these countries and do all you can to see these countries destroyed
7. The idiot
Birdi ,   Israel   (08.07.12)
Dan Sova needs an urgent trip to tour Yad Vashem In Jerusalem to learn how many Romanian Jews were killed by the nazis. Shame on him for his denial.
8. Facts are hard things.
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (08.07.12)
During WWII. western Romania, ( Transsilvania ) was partly occupied by Hungary. The north belonged to Hungary and south remained romanian. During the shoah all the jewish population was deported from hungarian occupied territory and 80% perished. In south Transsilvania no deportations were made and 100 % of the jewish population remained alive by the end of the war.
9. Dan Sova has a university degree in history!
jack_84 ,   Debrecen, Hungary   (08.07.12)
Although the guy is a leading lawyer in the Bucharest firm Sova and Associates, he earned his first degree in history! This makes his transgression even more appalling. He should have, he must have known better!
10. to 7; dont defile Yad Vashem
ryddi   (08.07.12)
hei vogel, u cant educate every scum on the earth.
11. #8 The issue is about Romania as whole
Jake   (08.07.12)
which Sova tried to falsely claim Jews never suffered in during the War. He is also effectively denying the Iasi pogrom and denying Romanian complicity in it. Your singling out south Transilvania as somehow being safe for Jews is nothing but a red herring. Whose side are you on?
12. The truth
Tony ,   Canada   (08.08.12)
"We shall never forget that in the darkest days in Europe under the Nazis, Romania stood up and saved the life of many of the Jewish people here and that 400,000 of them went to Israel and they were the builders of Israel." - Shimon Peres, 13 Aug 2010
13. fascist coup
izic vaslui ,   Galati Romania   (08.08.12)
several ministers in Romania have mental problems, now we have a fascist coup
14. There are hardly any Jews left in Romania
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (08.09.12)
but hatred for Jews is still a hard currency in Romania,Romania is among the most corrupt nations in Europe and still the Romanians believe they are superior to Jews,in the twenties,a British diplomat in Romania said :Only the Jews are keeping Romania from going bankrupt.
15. # 8 Istvan.Mixed facts in a bag,
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (08.09.12)
Romania's atittude toward the Jews was,nationalistic,opportunistic,and criminal,Romania protected Romanian Jews stranded outside Romania,under German rule,Jan Anchel,writes in the history of the Shoa in Romania,the Romanians murdered 99% of the Jews of Basarabia,and 80% of the Jews of Bukovina,by forcing men women and children to march toward the river, Bog,which seperated the Romanian and the German Armies,in the bitter cold vinter of 1941,confiscating all their belongings,"Marshall"Antonescu,decreed :Jewish property belongs to the state,many Jews were deported to Transnistria where they died of hunger and disease,still despite the persecution,Jewish ctizens of Romania fared better than Jews in the rest of Europe,they were even allowed to do some business,and after the German defeat at stalingrad,the Romanians had second thoughts about the outcome of the war,and resisted the preasure of Eichman's ambasador to Romania,Richter,to deport the Jews to Auscwitz,but in August 44 after the extermination of the Hungarian Jews,the trains became available and ready for the deportation of Romanian Jews,if Antonescu had resisted,the Germans would have imposed on Romania a Romanian Saloshi,who,like the Hungarian saloshi would have carried out the German wish,it was King Mihay's Coup d'etat on August 23 44, that pushed the Germans off balance,and put them in a disarray,the act of the King saved 300.000 Romanian Jews + 120,000 Jews still surviving in the Gettho of Budapest,so, what's the verdict about a country who killed 300,000 Jews but for various reasons was hesitant to kill 300,000 of it's own Jewish citizens.
16. You are wrong
Misu ,   Dej, Romania   (08.12.12)
I have no sympathy for Mr. Șova but he's not an anti-semite. The problem is the education in Romania. Average citizens (and Șova is less than average) have no clue about what the Romanian army did during World War II. Another problem is that people forgot what Valeriu Zgonea, a prominent member of the ruling party and President of the Chamber of Deputies said: "The state is Yid as it always has been"
17. # 16 Misu.there are hardly any Jews left
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (08.12.12)
in Romania,still, antisemites like sova and Zgonea are very vocal, spewing their antisemitic venom, which proves that an enemy doesn't have to exist in order to be real,sova claimes that the Germans killed 24 Jews in Iasi,this isn't true,in Iasi and Transnistrea, Ukraine,the killing of the Jews was done by the German subcontractors,the Romanians,in many cases the Germans just took pictures of the atrocities perpetrated by the Romanians,see,History of the shoa in Romania,by Jan Anchel.
18. #6 you are a stupid fool
alex ,   bucharest   (08.14.12)
Romanians built Israel you stupid ignorant. Learn history. How can you be so stupid and call for a country destruction?
19. Eh well
Cosmin ,   Galati, Romania   (08.15.12)
Senator Sova made a huge mistake indeed, but his mistake was made out of not knowing the facts and the history and NOT on purpose! After this fact, he was visiting the Holocaust Museum and he went pirgrim to all the places were the Jewish were murdered in order to find out the Truth and he apologized to everyone. He was openly forgotten by the Romanian Jews' Association and I really don't see why is this case open again these days when the political struggle is so high in Romania! He didn't anything like the Hungarian Officials which are openly praising the ex- Horthy's Jew killers! This Romanian Senator just didn't know historical facts and he denied them out of ignorance, that's all!
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