Greece’s Jewish community warns of return to fascism

May 8, 2012

ATHENS, Greece (JTA) --Greece's Jewish community warned that the election of a neo-Nazi party to parliament posed a "serious blow" to Greek democracy and called on fellow citizens to oppose the return of fascism.

Grčka židovska zajednica upozorava da izbor neo-nacističke partije u parlament predstavlja "ozbiljnu prepreku" za grčku demokraciju i pozivaju građane da se protive povratku fašizma.

The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece said Tuesday in a statement that it believed "the May 6 election of those nostalgic for fascism and Nazism was a serious blow for Greek democracy."

The extreme-right Golden Dawn party, whose flag closely resembles the Nazi swastika, received 21 seats in parliament, the first time it passed the threshhold to enter the legislative body. It campaigned heavily on an anti-immigrant platform under the slogan "So we can rid this land of filth."....