WJC President Ronald S. Lauder calls German court’s rejection of ban of neo-Nazi party ‘disconcerting’

2017. január 20 05:11

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder calls German court’s rejection of ban of neo-Nazi party ‘disconcerting’

 

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Small blog screenshot npd WJC President Lauder calls German court’s rejection of ban of neo-Nazi party ‘disconcerting’Jewish leaders expressed disappointment at the ruling of Germany’s supreme court which rejected a ban of the extreme-right National Democratic Party (NPD).
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