Lifted from VG. Applause to Skartveit for this eminent oped The great betrayal Synagogue OSLO (AP) We were unable to protect our Jewish compatriots during the war. And today we are unable to give them the security they need. Do we simply not care? OpEd by Hanne Skartveit In the street where I lived for...
Norway, Israel and the Jews
- The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro”The Norwegian Government’s hypocrisy re-exposed: “the most evil company in the world” is the second largest share holder in “Norsk Hydro” Brazilian Vale, which Norwegian Hydro has a tight partnership with, only accepts the bare minimum of social responsibility, according to a new poll where Greenpeace ranked the Norwegian Hydro partner as the “the world’s mo […]
- VG’s Hanne Skartveit: the great betrayalLifted from VG. Applause to Skartveit for this eminent oped The great betrayal Synagogue OSLO (AP) We were unable to protect our Jewish compatriots during the war. And today we are unable to give them the security they need. Do we simply not care? OpEd by Hanne Skartveit In the street where I lived for some years, just outside Washington, DC, we had a neighb […]
- One week after PM’s reassurance that nobody should live in fear in Norway – Justice Minister Grete Faremo to reassess Jewish community’s security needsLifted from Dagbladet, but also mentioned in other media. Faremo to reassess Synagogue security needs – Is in constant contact with police and the Police Security Services. The Minister of Justice Grete Faremo (Labour) is reviewing the safety precautions in place for the Synagogue in Oslo, and is in constant contact with the police and the police and the sec […]
- Rockets over Israel go untoldWhile the Norwegian media rightly now focuses on the ongoing atrocities in Syria, and even our FM has felt compelled to politely tell the naughty Assad regime off for the continuing blood bath, one may perhaps be sympathetic to editors’s decision to not cover news from Israel. However, since coverage of Israel continues to be tendentious and one-eyed, one mu […]
- Norwegian support for Israel at record highLifted from Vårt Land Record Norwegian support to Israel More Norwegians buy Israeli goods, provide financial support and join the pro-Israel organizations. By: Lise Marit Kalstad and Olav Solvang Norway set a new record in the import of goods from Israel in 2011. In the last year Norway purchased Israeli goods for NOK 722 million, the corresponding number f […]
- Norwegian People’s Aid failure to report on SyriaAt a time when the rest of the world are slowly, ever so gradually starting to notice the atrocities that go on in Syria (but also many other places on our beautiful planet), one would have thought that the Norwegian People’s Aid would at least have mentioned the word Syria, somewhere, anywhere, on its web pages. But nope, not a word, yet NRK, who cannot fin […]
- The PMs Holocaust Memorial Day speech in full“Dear all, This year marks 70 years since the “Danube” cast off from this quay, and embarked on a voyage of shame . 532 Jews were brutally stowed on board. Only nine returned. One of them was Samuel Steinmann. He is the last survivor. I’m especially glad you are here with us. Today we remember the millions of innocent people who were wiped out in History’s m […]
- Our deepest regret this could happen on Norwegian soilFinally, the first real step towards acknowledging our own role in the tragedy. Only after accepting responsibility, can the hard work of forgiveness and the arduous task of reconstructing relations begin. Lifted from Aftenposten (by Elisabeth Rodum and Halvor Hegtun) PM Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) deeply regretted the deportation of Norwegian Jews at the Holo […]
- Holocaust commemoration ceremony today at 1500 hrs in OsloLifted from Dagen.no, but also covered most other news outlets. For more details on the event itself, you can go to http://www.holocaustdagen.no/ Thinks Jens will apologize to the Jews Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to come up with a form of apology to the Norwegian Jews during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day today. Bjørn Arild Hatle […]
- Mixed signals from Norway as Holocaust commemoration ceremony is expected to bring a much awaited formal apology from Norway to its Jewish communityToday, at 3 PM, our PM Jens Stoltenberg is widely expected to officially and formally apologize to the Norwegian Jewish community for the state sponsored persecution and murder of Norwegian citizens with a Jewish background during the WWII. Whatever form that eventual apology finally would be presented as, does not detract from the perception that Norway con […]
WWII
The PMs Holocaust Memorial Day speech in full
“Dear all, This year marks 70 years since the “Danube” cast off from this quay, and embarked on a voyage of shame . 532 Jews were brutally stowed on board. Only nine returned. One of them was Samuel Steinmann. He is the last survivor. I’m especially glad you are here with us. Today we...
Our deepest regret this could happen on Norwegian soil
Finally, the first real step towards acknowledging our own role in the tragedy. Only after accepting responsibility, can the hard work of forgiveness and the arduous task of reconstructing relations begin. Lifted from Aftenposten (by Elisabeth Rodum and Halvor Hegtun) PM Jens Stoltenberg (Labour) deeply regretted the deportation of Norwegian Jews at the Holocaust Memorial...
Holocaust commemoration ceremony today at 1500 hrs in Oslo
Lifted from Dagen.no, but also covered most other news outlets. For more details on the event itself, you can go to http://www.holocaustdagen.no/ Thinks Jens will apologize to the Jews Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to come up with a form of apology to the Norwegian Jews during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day today....
PM’s reply to Hans Olav Syvertsen’s request for formal apology to Norwegian Jews
I suppose it is a good thing that our PM will honor the memory of the murdered Norwegian citizens who happened to be Jewish for this upcoming Holocaust Day Memorial. But if I am not mistaken, the Holocaust center, which the PM claims he was on the forefront for establishing, was in fact the...
Forgiveness or pardon… what’s the difference
Somebody said that in order to be able to forgive, the parties involved in an incident need to work very hard to uncover the underlying history, the perpetrator needs to explain why he or she acted the way they did and why it now is important to be forgiven, whilst the victim truly must...
Vårt Land: Anti-Semitism alive and well in Norway
HISTORIC DARKNESS Vårt Land 2011 12 20 p 3, 4 Erling Rimehaug. Not Online Summary. Op-ed on the Shoah in Norway. Mr. Rimehaug points to the Shoah in Norway still not being a fully integrated part of Norwegian history, and anti-Semitism still being very much alive. Quotes: “The genocide on Norwegian Jews is still...
Klassekampen – The only Norwegian newspaper commemorating the horrors of November 26, 1942.
As far as I have been able to verify, ultra leftist and anti-Israeli newspaper Klassekampen, is the only Norwegian newspaper that has commemorated the horrible events of November 26, 1942. Their article is very welcome, as it not only reminds us of past horrors, but questions why Norwegian researchers and academic institutions have failed...
Were the Jews of an inferior value after all?
In relation to a seminar at the National Holocaust Center, on the issue of to what extent the economical restitution to the Jewish community in Oslo was linked to the fact that Jews were deported to Germany, retired Registrar and current research associate at the Holocaust Center, Christopher S. Harper, has written an oped published in...
A few days off.
Dear all Just taking a few days off as I cross from one continent to another. I wont be able to upload newsitems for a few days, nor moderate comments. Proise to be back at full speed from Sunday. Meanwhile, you may find this little gem from BBC radio 4 worth listening to, and...
Inviting the people of Hammerfest to remember their dead – the story of Isak Meyer Goldman
Isak Meyer Goldmann, came originally from Poland and lived in P. H. Mansikas house in Hammerfest until he was arrested by Norwegian police on October 26, 1942 and deported to Auschwitz via Oslo. Isak Meyer Goldmann was gassed to death in Auschwitz on December 1, 1942. This is all the Norwegian public ever will...
Op-ed:When Norwegians killed Jews
Slowly, slowly, facts are starting to turn up. Thousands of Norwegian fought for the third reich. They have denied partaking in any ethnic cleansing. This autumn three researchers from the Holocaust centre will present evidence that Norwegians indeed did partake in massacres of civilians, also Jews, on the east front. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor...
JP on how Norway fails to pursue nazi war criminals
The Jerusalem Post has an article up on how nine countries are failing to pursue nazi war criminals. Israelwhat has, for days now, been unsuccessful in attempts at accessing the article. So there is an article on Norway and nazis out there but we can’t open it. What a shame. Here is what sister-site...
The anti-Semitic demonstrations in Trondheim in 1941
Do you know anything about the anti-Semitic demonstrations in Trondheim in 1941? If you do, please get in touch. This site has never heard about them before. We would have, if we had read the book the excerpt above is lifted from, which from what we understand is a Norwegian classic on WWII. The...
Norwegian press, public debate on Jews then and now
June 9 1943, Nazified Aftenposten writes From NTB correspondent: The American magazine Life warns of increasing antisemitism leading to shop owners being reluctant to hire Jews. The rift between Jews and non-Jews grows by the day. Roosevelt has therefore tried to get as many Jews as possible jobs in state departments. This is not...
‘The Norwegian Nazi team did badly in the winter games’
To its credit, Morgenbladet brings a facsimile of its issues from 70 years ago. See below for some of the contents from Morgenbladet, issue of February the 25th through March the 3rd, Last Page. If you suspect that WWII was, perhaps, not our (Norway’s) finest hour, you are as wrong as you are right. -Paperclips. The...
Hunting Jews in Trondheim
Mark Twain observed that the past does not repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes. These days, the rhyme in Trondheim is a nasty one. Two recent letters to the weekly Morgenbladet tell of Jews being harassed in Trondheim, one for refusing to be ashamed of his Israeli relatives, the other for wearing the star...
Crusade in Europe
On page 128 of “Crusade in Europe”, Eisenhower’s WWII memoirs, we see a mention of a part of Middle East history which Norwegian ME pundits never, ever refer to: Remembering that for years the uneducated population had been subjected to intensive Nazi propaganda calculated to fan these prejudices… Now Eisenhower is far from the...
Aftenposten magazine: four pages on KZ, not one word on Jews
Aftenposten’s weekly A-magasin extra offers a five-page article about the nazi prison camps of WWII, without mentioning the Norwegian Jews with as much as a word. Is this appropriate? The article, by journalist Lars Kluge, is published in the Aftenposten special A-magasinet #47, November 26th 2010, and runs from page 48 to 52. The...
Hallgrim Berg on left-wing fascism: ‘…the first stage of terror…’
One hundred red youths recently marched on two Israeli girls selling cosmetics in a shopping mall in Oslo. Such cowardice comes natural to these thugs. Hallgrim Berg, a respected Norwegian musician, politician and intellectual, identifies the red youths as left-wing fascists. In a letter to Hallingdølen, a local newspapers, Mr.Berg writes: “Staged events and...