US Republican apologizes for equating mask rule to Holocaust

A Kansas county Republican Party chairman apologized on Sunday after the newspaper he owns posted a cartoon on its Facebook page that likened being ordered to wear a mask to the treatment of Jewish people meted out by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

The owner and publisher of The Anderson County Review, Dane Hicks, said in a statement posted on Facebook that he was taking down the image following "some heartfelt and educational conversations with Jewish leaders in the US and abroa

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US Republican apologizes for equating mask rule to Holocaust | News | DW | 06.07.2020

EU - Coronavirus: EU apologizes to Italy for initial response

The European Parliament is meeting to discuss a joint response from member states to the novel coronavirus pandemic. A draft resolution seeks a uniform strategy for phasing out emergency measures.

Note EU-Digst: What a difference - EU "apologies policy", versus US Trump Administration , "always blame some one else policy".

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Holocaust: Netherlands PM Rutte apologizes for WWII persecution of Jews for first time

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday apologized for the first time on behalf of the government for the war-time persecution of Jews, saying little was done to protect them from the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany.

"Since the last survivors are still among us, I apologize today in the name of the government for what the authorities did at that time," Rutte said. "Our government did not act as the guardian of justice and security."

Of the 140,000 Jews living in the Netherlands at the time, only 38,000 survived World War II. However, authorities never recognized their own role in facilitating the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany.

Note EU-Digest:  Was this apology by the Dutch PM a sincere gesture or more of a political P.R. statement? The Dutch Government at the time of the occupation, was one which was established by, and collaborating with the Nazi's, they obviously would or could do very little in stopping the atrocities committed by the Nazi's. This in contrast to the Dutch resistance forces, which fiercely attacked the Nazi occupiers in the Netherlands throughout the war.

Read more at: Netherlands apologizes for WWII persecution of Jews for first time | News | DW | 26.01.2020