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Italian Senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre presides over the vote for the new president of the Senate following the general elections, on October 13, 2022. - Italian Senators and Deputies meet for the first time October 13, 2022, since elections to elect the new Presidents of the Parliament and the Senate. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

Brothers of Italy party leader Giorgia Meloni gestures as she delivers a speech on stage on September 22, 2022 during a joint rally of Italy's right-wing parties Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia, FdI), the League (Lega) and Forza Italia at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, ahead of the September 25 general election. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Right-wing Italian councillor suspended over Holocaust joke

A Brothers of Italy councillor has been suspended from the party after he appeared to make humorous remarks about the Holocaust.

By Georgia L Gilholy

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August 19, 2022 11:21

A photo taken on August 15, 2022 in Turin shows a campaign poster of Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) party leader Giorgia Meloni, for the upcoming September general elections. - The Democratic Party, led by former premier Enrico Letta, is running neck-and-neck in opinion polls with Giorgia Meloni's post-fascist Brothers of Italy ahead of general elections on September 25. The slogan reads "Ready to raise up the country again". (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

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I'm not surprised Italy's been ranked the best place in Europe to be Jewish

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Holocaust survivor opens Italian parliament and warns against fascism

Should Jews be afraid of Italy’s new firebrand prime minister?

Candidate who praised Hitler wins seat in Italian election

Book review: Sisters in Resistance - The dictator’s daughter’s double life

A Jewish pizza from Rome? I need a slice of that

Italian company says it's 'sick of the controversy' over its Hitler wine

Obituary: Paul Ginsborg

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