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Prince Albert seeks forgiveness at memorial to Jews deported from Monaco

 

70 years after the Holocaust, Monaco’s Prince Albert II makes the first public apology for Monaco’s role in its contribution to Jewish suffering: “We committed the irreparable in handing over women, men & a child who had taken refuge with us.”

By The Associated Press

 

In an unprecedented gesture of repentance, Monaco’s Prince Albert II apologized Thursday for his country’s role in deporting Jews to Nazi camps, seven decades after police rounded up scores of people from the seaside principality, including those who had sought refuge from the Holocaust in what they thought was a safe and neutral land. Continue Reading »