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December 8, 1998
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The son of Austria’s last emperor caused an uproar when he suggested that his son was being hounded in a way comparable to the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Otto von Hapsburg said that his son Karl, who has faced calls to resign his seat on the European Parliament, is being “attacked because he carries that particular yellow star, the name of Hapsburg.” He later retracted the comment, which referred to the Star of David that the Nazis forced Jews to wear, saying he had only meant that his son was being targeted because he belonged to a particular group.

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