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

The endless juggling of definitions has become a new betrayal: a bureaucratic alibi for abandoning Jewish citizens once again ...

There were mixed, but mostly positive, reactions to Femke Halsema’s apology to the Jewish community for the city’s cooperation with the Nazis during World War II on Thursday. In her speech at the ...

In a solemn address on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema on Thursday extended an official apology on behalf of the city for its involvement in the wartime ...

The two main Jewish organizations in the Netherlands, the Central Jewish Consultation (CJO) and the Centre for Information ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Speaking at an event marking Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Mayor Femke Halsema said that civil servants in Amsterdam played an active role in the murder of some ...

The city “horribly abandoned its Jewish residents,” more than 60,000 of whom were deported and killed during World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema said on Thursday. By Claire Moses Eighty years ...

FILE - Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema attends a ceremony at the Portuguese Synagogue marking the opening of the new National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, March 10 ...

Speaking at an event marking Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Mayor Femke Halsema said that civil servants in Amsterdam played an active role in the murder of some thousands of Jewish ...

The mayor of Amsterdam has apologised 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 ...