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            Croatian Jews to Boycott Official Holocaust Remembrance

   by VOA News

   Croatia's Jews will boycott the country's official ceremony honoring
   the victims of the pro-Nazi regime of World War II, accusing the
   current government of doing little against what they say is a
   resurgence of neo-Naziism.

   The main Jewish agency says it will hold its own commemoration "in line
   with the Jewish tradition."

   Spokesman Ognjen Kraus said demonstrators chanted pro-Nazi slogans at
   an anti-government march in January and during a football (soccer)
   match between the Israeli and Croatian national teams.

   "The state is simply not doing anything about it and does not want to,"
   Kraus said Monday.

   The Croatian government has not yet responded to the Jewish community's
   decision to ignore the official ceremony. But Prime Minister Tihomir
   OreÅ¡koviÄ has spoken out against hate speech in the media.

   Every April, Croatia honors the victims of the Jasenovac death camp,
   operated by the pro-Nazi Ustasha regime of World War II. The camp is
   known as Croatia's own Auschwitz.

   Historians still debate the exact number of people murdered in the
   camp, with some saying the total is as high as 700,000.

   They included Jews, Serbs, Roma and anti-Nazi Croats.
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