31.01.2012                      07.Schwat. 5772

Österreich:

Austria rightist leader slammed for 'Jews' comment

Heinz-Christian Strache slammed by country's Jewish community for likening anti-fascist protests to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust.

Austria's Jewish community accused the country's leading far-right politician on Monday of a "monstrous provocation" for what a newspaper said were comments likening anti-fascist protests to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust.
Rival politicians also attacked Heinz-Christian Strache, who hopes to be Austria's next chancellor, after the report in Der Standard, which said its reporter overheard Strache make the remarks at a Vienna ball on Friday night….