King Wilhelm-Alexander of the Netherlands, in a Phone Call to Israel’s President, Apologizes for the Pogrom in Amsterdam
‘We failed the Jewish community of the Netherlands during World War Two,’ the king said, ‘and last night we failed again.’

King King Wilhelm-Alexander of the Netherlands, in phone call to the president of Israel, apologized Friday for the pogrom that erupted in Amsterdam Thursday evening, when Jewish soccer fans were set upon by a antisemitic mob.
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