ANO leader visits site of former concentration camp at Lety

ANO leader Andrej Babiš visited the site of the former Roma concentration camp at Lety on Tuesday morning accompanied by Culture Minister Daniel Herman and Justice Minister Robert Pelikán. He bowed to the memory of Roma Holocaust victims, hundreds of whom died in the camp in inhumane conditions and once again stressed that he had not meant to deny the Holocaust in comments made last week. Mr. Babiš has come under fire from all sides after saying that the Lety camp had served as a labour camp for Romanies who did not want to work. Although it was originally established as a work camp after 1942 it served as a concentration camp where over 1,300 Romanies were interned. Over 300 of them died and 500 were transported to Auschwitz.Later in the day Mr. Babiš apologized for his words in the lower house of Parliament where he faced fresh criticism over the incident.