Hungary's far-right Jobbik party has held an electoral rally
in a former synagogue in the northern city of Esztergom.
About 120 protesters, many wearing yellow stars on their
coats, wanted to form a human chain around the building to prevent Jobbik's
entry Friday but were kept at bay by dozens of police.
Jewish groups said the presence of Jobbik, Hungary's
second-largest opposition party, insulted the memory of some 500 Jews deported
from Esztergom during the Holocaust. Some members of Jobbik have made
anti-Semitic statements,
Jobbik president Gabor Vona told around 250 supporters he
had "nothing to be ashamed of" and that he was neither an anti-Semite
nor a Nazi.
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