Edelstein to Belgian MPs: More work to be done on Holocaust commemoration

BRUSSELS – Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein told the Belgian parliament on Tuesday that for all its noteworthy efforts to commemorate the Holocaust, “more work remains.”

Addressing hundreds of MPs ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Edelstein said that while it took time for Belgium to look into its Holocaust-era past, it eventually took important steps to do so.

“Only in 2002 did the Senate commission a report on the state’s role under the Nazi regime. Only in the past 10 years have local leaders issued apologies for helping round up Jews. Only five years ago was the national Holocaust museum opened,” he remarked.

“These recent steps, while perhaps belated, are important displays of responsibility, not only for the past, but for the future, as well,” he continued. “They are necessary to learning the lessons of this period and passing them on to the future generations so they will not repeat the mistakes of their ancestors.”

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