FILE - Amsterdam's Mayor Femke Halsema, centre, acting Amsterdam police chief Peter Holla, left, and head of the Amsterdam public prosecutor's office René de Beukelaer hold a news conference ...

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema publicly apologizes for the city’s active complicity in the Holocaust, acknowledging that local authorities aided Nazi efforts during World War II.

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Speaking at an event marking Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Mayor Femke Halsema said that civil servants in Amsterdam played an active role in the murder of some ...

Mayor Femke Halsema said that civil servants in Amsterdam played an active role in the murder of thousands of Jewish citizens of the city Mayor Femke Halsema said the Amsterdam government ‘was ...

Eighty years since the end of World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam apologized on Thursday for the city’s role in the persecution of its Jewish residents during the Holocaust, in a rare ...

Attendees listen to a speech by Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema, right, during the Yom HaShoah Holocaust remembrance day at the Hollandsche Schouwburg Jewish cultural quarter in Amsterdam, on April ...

British Tourist Bravely Tackles Amsterdam Stabbing Suspect, Honoured With Hero Award Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema publicly thanked him for his heroic actions in an Instagram message.

We hope to get more clarity soon about the background of this horrible stabbing," said mayor Femke Halsema. Reuters contributed to this report. Related Tags Europe Netherlands stabbing Amsterdam.

Femke Halsema, the mayor of Amsterdam, may have touched off a diplomatic incident last week when she said on a Dutch television show that she regretted having used the word “pogrom” the day ...

Femke Halsema used the term to describe the violence which followed a football match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the local Ajax football club. The Mayor of Amsterdam has said she regrets using ...

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said in an interview that the Israeli government referred to the attacks on Israeli soccer fans in her city as a pogrom to 'incriminate Muslim Moroccans.' ...