Ethnic Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II are entitled to the same compensation as Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis, Jorg Haider said. The comments from the Austrian far-right leader appear likely to increase international unease with the inclusion of Haider’s Freedom Party in Austria’s government.
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