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The deputy governor of Germany's Bavaria state has defended himself against mounting allegations that he was responsible for an antisemitic flyer, that he gave the Hitler salute, and that he imitated the Nazi dictator as a high school student.
BERLIN -- The governor of the German state of Bavaria said Tuesday that his deputy had not done enough to prove he wasn't responsible for an antisemitic flyer as a high school student and ordered him to answer a detailed questionnaire to clear himself of any possible involvement in the scandal that caused an uproar in Germany.
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Hubert Aiwanger was accused of writing an antisemitic flyer when he was 17 years old. Bavaria's governor is making Aiwanger prove that he was not involved in the creation of the flyer.
A powerful German state leader ordered a probe Tuesday into an anti-Semitism scandal within his ruling coalition just weeks ahead of a key regional election."There is no place for anti-Semitism in the Bavarian state government," he added.