A Hungarian ministerial commissioner has come under fire for an article comparing American-Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist George Soros, a staunch critic of Hungary's government, to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. 'Europe is George Soros' gas chamber,' Szilard Demeter, head of the government-owned Petofi Literary Museum in Budapest, wrote in an opinion article Saturday in the pro-government outlet Origo. The comments drew outrage from Hungary's Jewish community, including the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation, which called the article 'tasteless' and 'unforgivable'. Hungarian ministerial commissioner Szilard Demeter came under fire on Saturday for an article comparing American-Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist George Soros (left), a staunch critic of Hungary's government, to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. 'The Democratic Coalition expects from the government that Szilard Demeter should be unemployed by the end of today.

Source: Daily Mail November 29, 2020 16:42 UTC