Thanks for that Mary. But were the UK not responsible for their defence forces and foreign relations among other things? Im also not sure if you can say they were hoodwinked either. Granted there were only 6 (or 4 not sure) sent from the island but the authorities knew exactly what they were sending these people into. It may not be as heinous as what some other countries did IE. pay the germans to take their Jews away. But they handed these people over without much if any resistance. The war had not long left to run. The red army were strengthening and were ready to fight back. I just think they and everyone else could have done more.

Its a time in history that both fascinates me and horrifies me. What these men women and children had to endure was horrific.

Agreed.

Agreed Declan, its right up there with our food holocaust / famine / genocide.

We should be commemorate this black time in our history and form some sort of power lobby to plague the Queen to acknowledge and apologise for what they did to us.

1.5 million starved to death and another 1.5 million forced out of their land.

It’s hardly up there with the famine. The famine was a much worse atrocity where our own ancestors were starved by the English.

Trolling again Margaret?

It’s amazing the ignorance that many Irish people display in relation to the holocaust. It should be a mandatory subject in school.

Reg: the Israeli Troll

Karl I agree with you regarding margarets remark. Margaret can we not try to focus on the subject here. This is about the holocaust! Leave the famine out of it. That can be discussed on it’s own.

Can everyone stop paying any heed to Margaret she only set up Twitter account this week to come on here to be a troll. Ignore her she was obviously on here before under a different name

Reg, ignorance is mandatory in a lot of Irish schools as regards history anyway.

Steven, don’t start! You don’t seem to have read the article either. This is about the country of Belgium acknowledging it’s role in the holocaust! The Jews who died 60 years ago have no responsibility for what’s going on today! You are being ignorant!!!

You don’t understand ? As the article says they are apologising for being “complicit” in sending families on trains to the nazi who murdered them , what bit do you not understand. There are plenty of other parties who need to face up to their roles in being complicit , full transparency from the Vatican on their role in helping many of the worse nazi a safe passage to escape after the war would also be welcome.

Well said Patrick.

I dont know if the UK can be commended in the same regard as
Denmark. The UK handed some
Over.

The UK wasn’t occupied by the Germans so you can’t really compare them with countries that were ruled by the German Occupation forces. Many people – and sometimes their families too- in occupied Europe who hid Jewish people died with them when they were found by the Germans ( often after tips by collaborators).

Patrick Lyons. The Jews were so thankful to their ‘British angels’ that they bombed the British out of Palestine after the war. (That’s gratitude for ya) Silly blind understanding of history gets British historians banged up in jail.

Finland fought with Germany in WWII, but refused to hand over a single Jewish citizen. There are a recorded 22 Finnish Jews killed in WWII and all of them were killed in combat, rather than in the Holocaust. I’ve always thought it was a really admirable stance for the government of the time to take.

Finland didnt ‘fight with Germany’.

The Russians were invading Finland and the Finns fought them off with their winter war. They were supported by the Germans because it was in Germany’s interest not to have Russia swing in that way.

Big difference.

What a stupid statement that is Steve. Doesn’t take much for the Brit haters to come out of the woodwork.

How does making a “Belgians are paedophiles” joke make one a Brit hater, you absolute clown?