Dutch railway to pay out EUR50m over role in Holocaust
(The Guardian Netherlands)

State-owned operator transported 102,000 Jews to Nazi death camps The Dutch railway has accepted a recommendation that it pay up to EUR50m (£45m) to relatives of thousands of people it transported to Nazi death camps during the second world war.Roger van Boxtel, the chief executive of the state-owned Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), said it was time for the company to make a gesture to those `directly involved` as he reiterated an apology first made in 2005. Related: Holocaust historians divided over Warsaw ghetto museum Continue reading...