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The anti-Jewish pogrom of January 1941 represents an unprecedented outburst of anger and cruelty in Romania s history and no political force or movement should be allowed to push us again to slide into recklessness and intolerance Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Ludovic Orban, leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) declared, on Thursday. We are commemorating these days one of the most fatal and shameful episodes in the history of 20th century Romania - the legionary rebellion and the procession of crimes and lawlessness to which 80 years ago the Jews of Bucharest s dark times fell victim. The legionary rebellion, which marked January 21-23, 1941, the bloody end of the division of power between the Iron Guard and General Ion Antonescu, unfortunately turned the Bucharest Jewish community into a favorite target, Ludovic Orban said on the occasion of the Commemoration of the January 1941 Anti-Jewish Bucharest Pogrom, an event organiz