January 18, 2019

Follow-Up: Hungarian Jews Divided About Search for Holocaust Victims

Following up on an earlier post, Reuters reports that Hungary’s largest Jewish group has asked to halt an Israeli-led effort to uncover the remains of Holocaust victims who were shot and thrown into the Danube river in Budapest during World War II. The group believes the search is needless and breaches the peace and dignity of the dead.

However, Orthodox and Hasidic Jews asked the Israeli volunteer group ZAKA, which undertook the search, to look for more remains. ZAKA plans to return to Budapest with divers in February.

See also The Times of Israel

Hungary Israel Danube Holocaust Victims

---

Previous post

Bernard-Henri Lévy: ‘Antisemitism is back. Everywhere. Openly’ In an interview with The Algemeiner, 70 year-old French author and intellectual, Bernard-Henri Lévy (BHL) warns of rising antisemitism in Europe and

Next post

Journalism: ‘The Forward’ Goes Web Only The Forward Association, which publishes the Jewish newspaper, The Forward, has terminated ten employees and announced that it will no longer