Haider Denied Entry to Holocaust Museum

Austrian right-wing politician Joerg Haider was rebuffed when he tried to visit Montreal’s Holocaust Center during an unannounced visit to Canada this week, a Jewish leader said.

Moshe Ronen, president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, said his group questioned Haider’s motive in asking for the tour and had recommended the center turn him away.

“Our advice to the museum was not to accommodate this bizarre request,” Ronen said Wednesday. “They did not accommodate the visit.”

Haider--who gained notoriety for comments praising some Nazi policies and has since apologized--refused to comment to journalists at the hotel where he was staying.