The grave of Hungary’s last communist ruler, Janos Kadar, was prised open on Wednesday and his remains and his wife’s urn were thought to have been stolen, Budapest police said.The marble cover stone of Kadar’s grave was removed and his coffin was broken. Graffiti that read “a murderer and traitor may not rest in holy ground” was daubed on the nearby communist workers’ pantheon.
“The bones appear to be missing and it also looks like his wife’s urn is gone, too” police spokesman Endre Kormos said.
“It’s a relatively small hole so it’s possible they were jostled around and we just can’t see them but at this point, it’s more likely they were taken,” Kormos said.
Kadar ruled Hungary from 1956, when Soviet troops crushed the country’s anti-communist uprising, until 1988 when he retired. He died a year later in July 1989, less than a year before the country’s first free post-communist elections.
Kadar remains an controversial figure in modern Hungarian politics and a large segment of population continues to consider him one of the country’s greatest statesmen.
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Em qualquer caso, é uma atitude reprovável de quem a praticou.
Comentário por André Azevedo Alves — Maio 2, 2007 @ 23:04
Claro que é. Ou o ressentimento contra o regime de Kadar deve ser muito forte. Ou então é obra de um desiquilibrado.
Comentário por Rui Carmo — Maio 3, 2007 @ 00:15