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posted: The Norwegian prime minister has apologised for the role his country played in deporting its own Jews as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"Norwegians carried out the arrests, Norwegians drove the trucks and it happened in Norway," Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech.
It is believed to be the first time a Norwegian leader has been so explicit about collusion under Nazi occupation.
More than a third of Norway's 2,100 Jews were deported to death camps.
Others fled to neighbouring Sweden, which remained neutral during World War II.
Norway acknowledged its role in the Holocaust in 1998 and paid some $60m (£38m) to Norwegian Jews and Jewish organisations in compensation for property seized.
posted: The Norwegian prime minister has apologised for the role his country played in deporting its own Jews as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"Norwegians carried out the arrests, Norwegians drove the trucks and it happened in Norway," Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech.
It is believed to be the first time a Norwegian leader has been so explicit about collusion under Nazi occupation.
More than a third of Norway's 2,100 Jews were deported to death camps.
Others fled to neighbouring Sweden, which remained neutral during World War II.
Norway acknowledged its role in the Holocaust in 1998 and paid some $60m (£38m) to Norwegian Jews and Jewish organisations in compensation for property seized.
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