Belgium Justice Minister, Stephen De Clerck, made outrageous comments about World War II Nazi collaborators.
De Clerck called for an "adult" debate in Belgium about granting amnesty to wartime Nazi sympathisers and "maybe also forget, because this is in the past".
De Clerck remarks came as Belgium's Senate voted on a draft to grant accepted draft legislation from the far-right Flemish Vlaams Belang party that would grant amnesty to those who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.
The Holocaust must never be forgotten - 6,000,000 Jews paid the highest price and history cannot be re-written. The time that goes by should be used to pass on the lessons of the Holocaust to the new generation that wasn't part of that horrible chapter in history.
Around 25,000 Belgian Jews were deported to Auschwitz from Belgium, after being rounded up by authorities that often enthusiastically collaborated with the Nazis despite strong resistance from Belgium's people.Those that collaborated with the Nazis assisted in genocide - such actions cannot be dismissed because time has passed.
Please take action - send a protest letter to Mr. Yves Leterme, the current Prime Minister of Belgium, and Elio Di Rupo who is in charge of creating the new Belgium government, with a copy to the Ministry of Justice. Ask them to respect history and justice and condemn Mr. De Clerck's comments. As a democratic nation we in Giyus.org expect Belgium to adhere to the highest legal standards and to respect the facts of history even when it's not convenient.
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t is beyond reality to think that a crime such as the Holocaust is something of little note in modern history. In fact the mere decision to exculpate those who committed some of the worst crimes in history only shows the need and continued recognition of the horrors of the Holocaust. In fact it is the realization that it could only have been accomplished with the complicity of the general population that is the true lesson of the Holocaust. Individuals must be held to account, for without the individual actions the Holocaust could never have happened. To whitewash the crimes of those involved does a disservice to those that were slaughtered merely because of how they prayed to God or their ethnic progenitors. I do not presume to know what the true motivation of your politicians happen to be however with the dramatic increase of antisemitism on the European continent in recent years it is inexcusable to ignore one of the most evil antisemitic events in history. In fact it is time to teach about this event with even more vigor and review whether Europeans actually have grown past their own historical ignorance and hatreds. Unfortunately recent polls have found that Europeans today are following quite happily in the footsteps of their grandparents. Shame on your country for even accepting this idea as viable.
Posted by: Independent Patriot | May 19, 2011 at 01:33 PM