Europe News
Norway issues apology on Holocaust Day
Jan 27, 2012, 15:40 GMT
Oslo - Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Friday expressed 'deep regret' that Norwegians took part in the arrests and deportations of Jews from the German-occupied country during World War II.
'Even though the Nazis' were responsible, it is time to see that police officers and other Norwegians took part in the arrests and deportations of Jews,' Stoltenberg said in a speech on Holocaust Memorial Day.
'It is time to express our deep regret that this could occur on Norwegian soil,' he added.
During the war, 772 Norwegian Jews and Jewish refugees were deported to Nazi concentration camps, only 34 survived.
German forces occupied Norway from April 9, 1940 to May 8, 1945.
Holocaust Day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet forces on January 27, 1945.
Read more about Holocaust
COMMENT
blog comments powered by DisqusLatest Headlines in Europe
- 1. Pope in Easter message calls for peace and religious tolerance
- 2. Magnificent Messi leads Barcelona to ninth straight win
- 3. Pope leads Easter vigil, calls for "true enlightenment"
- 4. Barcelona increase pressure on Real with romp in Zaragoza
- 5. Pope Benedict XVI leads Easter Vigil
Older Talkback
