Romanian President Ion Iliescu joined Jewish Holocaust survivors to commemorate the 60th anniversary Jewish murders committed by Romanian fascists during a failed coup. On Jan. 21-23, 1941, the Iron Guard robbed and tortured hundreds of Jews, of whom 120 perished.
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