The government was severaly criticized today during a debate in the Hungarian parliament for its failure to wage a more vigorous campaign. against anti-Semitism.
The Budapest press has recently devoted considerable space to a discussion of the problem of anti-Semitism. The liberal daily Vilag published lengthy accounts of the suffering of the Jews in Nazi concentration camps, particularly Oswiecim. It attacked persons spreading anti-Jewish propaganda and paid tribute to the role of the Jews in reconstructing the economic and social life of Hungary.
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