Posted on 11/10/2003 10:41:34 AM PST by knighthawk
An unusually large number of people have taken part in the annual commemoration in Amsterdam of the Kristallnacht, the beginning of the persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany in 1938. Around one thousand people attended the commemoration, compared with just a few dozen last year.
The leaders of all parliamentary parties were present, as well as representatives of the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches and Muslim organisations.
Several speakers, including European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein and mayor Job Cohen pointed out that Jewish inhabitants of Amsterdam are increasingly the target of insults and harassment.
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