Israel’s president stressed Hungarian participation in the Holocaust at the opening of the country’s first-ever Holocaust center. Moshe Katsav praised the new museum, saying Thursday it would serve as a symbol of Hungary’s readiness to accept responsibility for the extermination of more than half a million Jews.
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