Funny: Hungarian Far-Right Leader Discovers His Jewish Roots

As a politician known for his anti-Semitic attitude, Csanad Szegedi was caught by surprise when he discovered his own Jewish roots.

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As a rising star in Hungary’s far-right Jobbik Party, Csanad Szegedi was notorious for his incendiary comments on Jews: He accused them of “buying up” the country, railed about the “Jewishness” of the political elite and claimed Jews were desecrating national symbols.

Then came a revelation that knocked him off his perch as ultra-nationalist standard-bearer: Szegedi himself is a Jew.

Following weeks of Internet rumors, Szegedi acknowledged in June that his grandparents on his mother’s side were Jews — making him one too under Jewish law, even though he doesn’t practice the faith. His grandmother was an Auschwitz survivor and his grandfather a veteran of forced labor camps.

Since then, the 30-year-old has become a pariah in Jobbik and his political career is on the brink of collapse. He declined to be interviewed for this story.

http://world.time.com/2012/08/14/hungarian-far-right-leader-discovers-his-jewish-roots/?iid=gs-article-mostpop1

Funny: Hungarian Far-Right Leader Discovers His Jewish Roots

Funny: Hungarian Far-Right Leader Discovers His Jewish Roots

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