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Norway apologises for deporting Jews during Holocaust
14:52, 28 January, 2012
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, ARMENPRESS: The Norwegian prime minister has
apologised for the role his country played in deporting its own Jews
as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, Armenpress reports citing
BBC.
"Norwegians carried out the arrests, Norwegians drove the trucks and
it happened in Norway," Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech.
It is believed to be the first time a Norwegian leader has been so
explicit about collusion under Nazi occupation.
More than a third of Norway's 2,100 Jews were deported to death camps.
Others fled to neighbouring Sweden, which remained neutral during World War II.
Norway acknowledged its role in the Holocaust in 1998 and paid some
$60m (£38m) to Norwegian Jews and Jewish organisations in compensation
for property seized.
However, the payout fell short of a full apology.
14:52, 28 January, 2012
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, ARMENPRESS: The Norwegian prime minister has
apologised for the role his country played in deporting its own Jews
as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, Armenpress reports citing
BBC.
"Norwegians carried out the arrests, Norwegians drove the trucks and
it happened in Norway," Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech.
It is believed to be the first time a Norwegian leader has been so
explicit about collusion under Nazi occupation.
More than a third of Norway's 2,100 Jews were deported to death camps.
Others fled to neighbouring Sweden, which remained neutral during World War II.
Norway acknowledged its role in the Holocaust in 1998 and paid some
$60m (£38m) to Norwegian Jews and Jewish organisations in compensation
for property seized.
However, the payout fell short of a full apology.