Romania / 25-10-2012
European Parliament member denies Holocaust on Romanian TV
Corneliu Vadim TudorBucharest - Corneliu Vadim Tudor, a Romanian member of the European Parliament, denied the Holocaust on television, the country’s National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust said.
The Bucharest-based Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania said in a statement issued Monday that Vadim Tudor, leader of the nationalist Greater Romania Party, said Oct. 18 on the talk show "Romania a la Raport" on the Realitatea network that “in Romania there was never a Holocaust.” He reportedly added, “I will deny it till I die because I love my people.”
In the European Parliament, Vadim Tudor is a member of the Committee on Culture and Education as well as the Delegation to the European Union-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.
