WWII

70 years after the dirty deed, the Norwegian Police offers an apology to Norwegian Jews

by McGonagall • November 27, 2012 • 2 Comments

Editorial Aftenposten November 27 THE DELAYED APOLOGY Exactly 70 years, on the day, after 523 Jews were deported by the S/S Donau to the extermination camps of the Nazi regime, recently appointed Director of Police; Odd Reidar Humlegård has apologized…

by McGonagall • May 7, 2012 • 4 Comments

Verdens Gang 2012 05 05 Jon H. Rydne Summary. Shoah survivor Samuel Steinmann (89) receives royal decoration. A documentary about his life, including his incarceration by the Nazis in Norway and later on in Auschwitz and Buchenwald is in production.…

by McGonagall • April 8, 2012 • 2 Comments

Lifted from Dagbladet A letter from Knut Rød Knut Rød has become the symbol of the betrayal by the Norwegian police during WWII. Asbjorn Svarstad asva@dagbladet.no (Dagbladet): “Summon NN and let him know that his obvious friendship with the Jew…

by McGonagall • April 6, 2012 • 14 Comments

Lifted from Dagbladet Many Norwegian police officers got away with impunity from their participation in the extermination of the Norwegian Jews. - Now the time is ripe to clear the air and review the action of the Norwegian Police Authorities, says…

by McGonagall • February 3, 2012 • 7 Comments

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…

by McGonagall • January 27, 2012 • 26 Comments

“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…

by McGonagall • January 27, 2012 • 6 Comments

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…

by McGonagall • January 27, 2012 • 1 Comment

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…

by McGonagall • January 16, 2012 • 4 Comments

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…

by McGonagall • January 12, 2012 • 5 Comments

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…

by McGonagall • December 20, 2011 • 4 Comments

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…

by McGonagall • November 27, 2011 • 9 Comments

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…

by McGonagall • November 21, 2011 • 3 Comments

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…

by McGonagall • September 28, 2011 • 2 Comments

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,…

by McGonagall • September 6, 2011 • 10 Comments

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…

by admin • June 1, 2011 • 3 Comments

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…

by admin • May 8, 2011 • 7 Comments

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…

by admin • March 22, 2011 • 2 Comments

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…

by McGonagall • March 15, 2011 • 2 Comments

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…

by admin • March 4, 2011 • 0 Comments

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…

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