FILE PHOTO: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz speaks at a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
VIENNA (Reuters) - A group representing Austrian Holocaust survivors voiced outrage on Wednesday over staffing shortages in a government department dealing with Nazi-related crimes, calling on Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to take action.
Kurz, a conservative governing in coalition with a far-right party founded by ex-Nazis, has repeatedly denounced anti-Semitism and the Holocaust since taking office just over a year ago. His government has pledged to offer citizenship to the descendants of Austrians who fled the country under Nazi rule.
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