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Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu says that

Jews were tortured and gutted to death on meathooks in a twisted reference to shechita. The pogrom was deliberately planned and coincided with the Iron Guard rebellion.

Sursa foto: jewishfed.ro The anti-Jewish pogrom of January 1941 represented a form of the vile and murderous anti-Semitism, which eventually lead to the end of innocent lives, and future generations should not forget these tragic events, declared on Thursday, Dr. Aurel Vainer, the honorary chairman of the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities (FCER). "The blind, legionary terrorist forces, anti-Semitic to the core, have done vile acts of vandalism and many cases led to the end of human lives. From official statistics, during the Bucharest Pogrom, of January 1941, 120-140 Jewish people wer...

Sursa foto: Inquam Photos/ Octav Ganea The anti-Jewish pogrom of January 1941 represents "an unprecedented outburst of anger and cruelty" in Romania's history and no political force or movement should be allowed to push us again "to slide into recklessness and intolerance" Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Ludovic Orban, leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) declared, on Thursday. "We are commemorating these days one of the most fatal and shameful episodes in the history of 20th century Romania - the legionary rebellion and the procession of crimes and lawlessness to which 80 years ago...