The Hungarian House of Deputies has rejected a proposal by the Upper House to modify the Third anti-Jewish Law by introducing a number of provisions less rigorous than those contained in the bill previously approved by the Lower House, the Budapest evening paper “8 Oral Ujsag” reports.
The decision of the House of Deputies means that the Nuremberg Laws which are incorporated in the bill will come into full force in Hungary.
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