Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece

Press Release

Neo-Nazi Meeting in Greece

May 31, 2005

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Following articles in the Greek mainstream dailies "Ta Nea" (May 19 and 26, 2005) and "To Vima" (May 27, 2005), according to which a European neo-Nazi gathering will be held in Peloponnese (Greece), from September 16 to 18, 2005, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece addressed letters of protest to the Greek Public Order and Justice Ministers, asking the Greek Government not to give permission to a neo-Nazi meeting to take place on Greek soil.

The meeting, which is publishised in the Internet (www.euro-fest.tk), is organized by the Greek extremist, neo-Nazi group "Chrissi Avgi" (Golden Dawn), the German NPD, the Italian Forza Nuova and the Spanish "La Fallange". Udo Voigt (President of NPD), Nikos Mihaloliakos (Leader of Golden Dawn), and Roberto Fiore (President of Forza Nuova) will address the meeting.

According to the Greek Press, the meeting will be also attended by representatives of neo-Nazi and fascist organizations from Hungary, the USA, Great Britain, Belgium, France, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia-Montenegro, Sweden, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.

The Greek Jewry fiercely condemns this neo-Nazi meeting and asks for the Greek Government's intervention in order to prevent it from taking place in Greece.

Athens, May 31, 2005
Central Board of
Jewish Communities in Greece

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