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(Jewish Group) Norwegian Paper Apologizes for Evoking Nazi Occupation by Using Phrase 'the Jewish ?'
Norwegian Newspaper Apologizes for Evoking Nazi Occupation by Using Phrase ‘the Jewish Question’Norway’s largest newspaper apologized on Monday for using the phrase “the Jewish question” in a recent article on left-wing political attitudes toward Jews.
Afternposten issued the apology following the publication of an article on Feb. 12 which examined the “line between criticism of Israel and antisemitism.” The introduction to the article asserted that “the Jewish question is splitting the left on both sides of the Atlantic.”
In a statement, Aftenposten news editor Tone Tveøy Strøm-Gundersen acknowledged that the term “the Jewish question” had a “dark history associated with the persecution of the Jews during World War II.” Approximately 800 of the 2,000 Jews in Norway were deported to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation.
“We should of course not use it,” Strøm-Gundersen continued. “There is therefore every reason to complain about its use.”
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