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Belgium’s railway should apologize but not pay for sending Jews to Nazi death camps, government panel concludes

JL;DR SUMMARY A Belgian government panel has concluded that while the Belgian National Railway Company (SNCB) should formally apologize for its role in transporting Jews to Nazi death camps during the Holocaust, it should not be required to pay compensation to survivors. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustInternational Holocaust Remembrance DayRestitutionNaziBelgiumCompensationSncbWjro

Places mentioned

Belgium
"The Belgian railway company that sent Jews to Nazi death camps should not have to pay compensation to survivors."
Poland
"Berneman said. Bernemans parents were Holocaust survivors from Poland who settled in Antwerp after the war."
Antwerp, Belgium
"Berneman said. Bernemans parents were Holocaust survivors from Poland who settled in Antwerp after the war."
France
"Belgiums investigation follows similar moves in France and the Netherlands, where railway companies that shipped Holocaust survivors to death camps have successfully arrived at agreements for compensation."
Netherlands
"Belgiums investigation follows similar moves in France and the Netherlands, where railway companies that shipped Holocaust survivors to death camps have successfully arrived at agreements for compensation."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"Meanwhile, Amsterdams public tram company this year announced that it would donate more than 100,000 euros to Jewish groups to divest itself of revenue generated by transporting local Jews to the Nazis."

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