BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary late on Wednesday delayed the unveiling of a planned World War Two memorial until after elections in April, the latest twist in a bitter dispute with Jewish groups who say the monument whitewashes Hungary's role in the Holocaust.
Earlier this month, the Hungarian Jewish Congregations' Association voted to boycott state events marking the anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary unless plans for the statue were scrapped.
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