Official apology for deportation of Jews
The apology was delivered during Friday’s memorial ceremony in Oslo in observance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Prime Minister highlighted the story of 22-year-old Ruth Maier, who was picked up in the early morning on November 26, 1942, and killed in the gas chambers at Auschwitz only a few days later. Without moving any of the responsibility from the Nazis, it is important to recognize that police and other Norwegians took part in the arrest and deportation of Jews, Stoltenberg stated. "I find it in its place to express our deepest apologies that this could happen on Norwegian soil," the Prime Minister said. Throughout the Second World War, 772 Norwegian Jews and Jewish refugees were deported. Only 34 survived. The last survivor from the ship Donau, which transported 532 Jews to Germany 70 years ago, attended Friday’s ceremony. (NRK) Julie Ryland
Saturday, 28 January 2012 08:02
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