Romanian government official criticized for comparing president Iohannis to Adolf Hitler

The institute studying the Holocaust in Romania has criticised the gesture of a government official who has published a photo collage comparing President Klaus Iohannis to Adolf Hitler.

The Elie Wiesel Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania said it disapproved the gesture of a public official who uses Nazi comparisons for political purposes.

Dana Varga, an aide for „Roma people issues”, used her Facebook page to publish a collage with two pictures of President Iohannis and a girl and two images of Adolf Hitler, also in the company of a young girl.

Varga later deleted her post.

This comes a year after a former government official, Darius Valcov, also used his Facebook page to publish a short film with similar messages of association between Iohannis – who is an ethnic German – and Nazi leader Hitler.