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Norway apologises for WW2 deportation of Jews

The prime minister of Norway has apologised for the arrest and deportation of Jews to Germany in 1942.

Speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Oslo on Friday, prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg conveyed the nation's "deep regrets that this could have happened on Norwegian soil".

During 1942, Norway deported 772 Jews to Germany. Only 34 survived.

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