A far-right Austrian politician called for compensation for World War II-era slave laborers and tolerance for ethnic minorities at a gathering that has been criticized for being a festival for aging Nazis. Jorg Haider, whose Freedom Party is part of Austria’s government, made his comments at the same festival of Austrian and German World War II veterans where nine years ago he praised Hitler’s employment policies.
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