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Greece's government on Tuesday strongly criticized the leader of an extreme right party who claimed that Nazi concentration camps did not use ovens and gas chambers to kill prisoners during the Holocaust.
Government spokesman Pantelis Kapsis described televised remarks made by Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) party leader Nikos Michaloliakos as an «extreme insult to the memory of millions of Holocaust victims.» The spokesman accused the 55-year-old party leader of «distorting history."
"There were no ovens -- it's a lie. I believe it's a lie. There were no gas chambers either,» Michaloliakos said in an interview with Greece's private Mega television, broadcast on Sunday.
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The country is crashing,
May 17, 2012 by canton67 (Canada ), 1 year 4 days ago
Points: -2
The country is crashing, people are losing their jobs, their hope...etc. Greece is on the verge of collapse and the Governments biggest worry is that Golden Dawn doesn't recognize the Holocaust of the Jews? Does our Government recognize the Hellenic Genocide from the Turks or the Pontian Genocide? These are the mistakes they keep making that further ignites the people of Greece. I say they should keep their mouths shut and concentrate on Greece otherwise I see no hope for the mainstream parties. It has become rather obvious who is controlling the country....It's a joke!!!!