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Hungarian official compares Jewish billionaire and Holocaust survivor George Soros to Hitler, says 'Europe is his gas chamber' and slams his donations to liberal causes in shocking op-ed

A Hungarian ministerial commissioner has come under fire for an article comparing American-Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist George Soros, a staunch critic of Hungary's government, to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

'Europe is George Soros' gas chamber,' Szilard Demeter, head of the government-owned Petofi Literary Museum in Budapest, wrote in an opinion article Saturday in the pro-government outlet Origo. 

'Poison gas flows from the capsule of a multicultural open society, which is deadly to the European way of life.'

The comments drew outrage from Hungary's Jewish community, including the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation, which called the article 'tasteless' and 'unforgivable'.

'The is a textbook case of the relativization of the Holocaust, and is therefore incompatible with the government's claim of zero tolerance for anti-Semitism,' the group wrote in a statement.

Demeter responded to the backlash in a statement on Sunday, promising to withdraw the article and acknowledging criticisms that 'the Nazi parallel could unintentionally hurt the memory of the victims'. 

Hungarian ministerial commissioner Szilard Demeter has come under fire for an article comparing American-Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist George Soros (pictured), a staunch critic of Hungary's government, to Adolf Hitler and the NazisDemeter (pictured) apologized for the anti-Semitic comparison on Sunday amid fierce backlash

Hungarian ministerial commissioner Szilard Demeter came under fire on Saturday for an article comparing American-Hungarian billionaire and philanthropist George Soros , a staunch critic of Hungary's government, to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Demeter apologized for the anti-Semitic comparison on Sunday amid fierce backlash

In the article, Demeter, appointed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to oversee cultural production, compared Soros to Hitler, writing he was 'the liberal Führer, and his liber-aryan army deifies him more than did Hitler's own'.

Soros, who was born in Hungary and is a Holocaust survivor, is a frequent target of Orban's government for his philanthropic activities that favor liberal causes. 

Demeter compared Soros to Hitler (pictured) by calling him 'the liberal Führer' and saying 'his liber-aryan army deifies him more than did Hitler's own'

Demeter compared Soros to Hitler by calling him 'the liberal Führer' and saying 'his liber-aryan army deifies him more than did Hitler's own'

Government media campaigns targeting Soros have led to charges of anti-Semitism.

The article addressed a conflict over the European Union's next budget, which member states Hungary and Poland are blocking over provisions that could block payments to countries that do not uphold democratic standards.

Demeter referred to the two countries, both of which are under EU investigation for undermining judicial independence and media freedom, as 'the new Jews'.

The government of Israel, a close ally of Hungary, condemned Demeter's comments. 

The Israeli Embassy in Budapest tweeted: 'We utterly reject the use and abuse of the memory of the Holocaust for any purpose... There is no place for connecting the worst crime in human history, or its perpetrators, to any contemporary debate.'

Demeter was appointed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (pictured), who has long vilified Soros as part of a general campaign against immigration

Demeter was appointed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban , who has long vilified Soros as part of a general campaign against immigration

Gordon Bajnai, Hungary's prime minister in 2009-2010, wrote on Facebook on Sunday that if Demeter isn't removed from his post by Monday, 'Hungarians and the rest of the world will obviously consider statement as the position of the Hungarian government'. 

Hungary's main leftist opposition party, the Democratic Coalition, joined calls for Demeter's immediate dismissal on Sunday.  

'The Democratic Coalition expects from the government that Szilard Demeter should be unemployed by the end of today. A man like him has no place in public life, not just in a European country but anywhere in the world,' it said.

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