Romania Coin Honors Anti-Semitic Prime Minister
Monday, August 09, 2010
(photo: Reuters)
Bank officials in Romania have come under fire from Holocaust experts for issuing a special coin honoring Miron Cristea, a former prime minister who demonized Jews prior to the outbreak of World War II.
Cristea led Romania’s Orthodox Church between 1925 and 1939, and served as prime minister from 1938-1939. In 1937 he issued a statement calling Jews “parasites” and urging Romanians to rid the country of Jews. During his brief time in power, he supported the country’s recently passed citizenship law that stripped 225,000 Jews of their citizenship. He also restricted worship by Protestants and banned all political parties.
About 280,000 Jews and 35,000 gypsies were killed in Romania during the Holocaust.
-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
Miron Cristea (Wikipedia)
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