EP calls for removal of pig farm from site of Romany concentration camp

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EP calls for removal of pig farm from site of Romany concentration camp

29-04-2005 - Ian Willoughby

The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the removal of a pig farm from the site of a Nazi concentration camp near the south Bohemian village of Lety. Over 1,200 Czech Romanies were interned there in 1942 before being sent to Auschwitz. Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek said on Friday he would be in favour of removing the pig farm, while President Vaclav Klaus said it was a matter for the Czech Republic, not the EU. Mr Klaus said most MEPs did not have enough information about the issue.

This item is taken from www.radio.cz

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