Amsterdam mayor apologizes for the city’s role in the Holocaust

Amsterdam Mayor issues historic apology for city's WWII role in Jewish persecution

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema publicly apologizes for the city’s active complicity in the Holocaust, acknowledging that local authorities aided Nazi efforts during World War II.

Amsterdam Mayor Apologizes For City’s Role In Holocaust - Worthy Christian News

By Worthy News’ Johan Th. Bos and Stefan J. Bos, reporting from the Netherlands AMSTERDAM (Worthy News) – Femke Halsema has become Amsterdam’s first mayor to formally apologize for her city’s role in the Holocaust. Femke Halsema spoke Thursday during the annual “Yom HaShoah” (Holocaust Day) remembrance ceremony. Speaking at the Hollandsche Schouwburg (Dutch Theater), where thousands of Jews were gathered before deportation—Halsema apologized on …

'Machinery of evil': Amsterdam mayor apologizes for city’s role in the Holocaust

"The Amsterdam government... let its Jewish residents down terribly," Mayor Femke Halsema said.

Amsterdam mayor apologizes for the city’s role in the Holocaust

The mayor of Amsterdam apologized on Thursday for the role the Dutch capital played in the persecution of its Jewish citizens during the Second World War, saying the government at the time 'let its Jewish residents down terribly.'

Amsterdam Mayor Apologizes for the City’s Role in the Holocaust

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized on Thursday for the role the Dutch capital played in the persecution of its Jewish citizens during World War II, saying the government at the time “let its Jewish residents down terribly.” Speaking at an event marking Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Mayor Femke Halsema said that civil […]

Amsterdam mayor apologizes for the city's role in the Holocaust

The mayor of Amsterdam has apologized for the role the Dutch capital played in the persecution of its Jewish citizens during World War II.