Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Brussels Apologizes for Helping Nazis in WW II; Some 25,000 Belgian Jews Sent to Auschwitz

City officials in Brussels, Belgium have officially apologized for collaborating with German forces to round up thousands of Jews to be sent to Nazi death camps during World War II, the Austrian Times website reports today (September 4, 2012).

Brussels' wartime leaders had provided the German invaders with a register of some 6,000 Jewish citizens, by giving their names and addresses. 

Nazi troops went on to deport an estimated 25,000 Belgian Jews to Auschwitz concentration camp, where fewer than 1,200 survived.

Brussels Mayor Freddy Thielemans said: "I want to officially extend apologies in the name of the City of Brussels to the Jewish community."

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