‘Closet-Nazi’ in running for Austrian president ANALYSIS 03/09/2010

‘Closet-Nazi’ in running for Austrian president ANALYSIS 03/09/2010 VIENNA — A far-right candidate for Austria’s presidential election has brought the country’s dark past to the surface once more, after denouncing a law banning Nazi groups and Holocaust denial. Barbara Rosenkranz, 51, a regional party leader for the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) who was nominated last week, looks to be the sole candidate to run against incumbent President Heinz Fischer, a Social Democrat, on April 25. But her comments supporting the scrapping of Austria’s tough prohibition law have renewed the debate about a Nazi heritage the small alpine country has never fully come to terms with.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100309com3.html

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