A leading member of a Hungarian anti-Semitic party, notorious for his provocative comments about Jews has discovered that he is a Jew himself. Ultra nationalist Csanad Szegedi of the far-right Jobbik Party had accused Jews of ‘buying up’ the country, railed about the ‘Jewishness’ of the political elite and claimed Jews were desecrating national symbols. That was until it was revealed that his grandmother was a survivor of Auschwitz death camp and his grandfather was a forced labour camp veteran. Anti-Semite finds out he's Jewish: Ultra nationalist Csanad Szegedi, was a leading member of a far-right political party until he was forced to resign after it was revealed that he is actually Jewish
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Ultra nationalist Csanad Szegedi's political career is in ruins after he was forced to resign from far-right Jobbik Party
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The party is also asking him to resign from his EU lawmaking role
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Szegedi has publicly made anti-Semitic comments
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He acknowledged his Jewish heritage and apologised for offensive comments and vowed to visit Auschwitz
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The Holocaust was a taboo subject in Hungary until 1990
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Many survivors kept their ordeals to themselves during the communist rule
After weeks of internet rumours, Szegedi acknowledged in June that his grandparents on his mother's side were Jews, making him one too under @placeholder law even though he does not practice the faith.