A prestigious think tank on tolerance comprising former European leaders honored Prince Albert II of Monaco for his apology for his country’s treatment of Jews during the Holocaust, among other actions.
The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation bestows its European Medal of Tolerance on Prince Albert II of Monaco for his apology for his country’s treatment of Jews during the Holocaust, among other actions.
In 2015 the prince acknowledged his country’s rounding up and deportation of 66 Jews in 1942.
Prince Albert II of Monaco, center, receiving a medal from ECTR President Moshe Kantor, left, and ECTR chair, Tony Blair, on March 6, 2018 in Monte Carlo. (Courtesy of ECTR)
“You have found the courage and political wisdom to openly address painful history and difficult memories,” says Moshe Kantor, the head of the European Jewish Congress and the president of the council, whose chair is former British Prime Minister Tony Bla
In response, the prince vowed to continue to work for the commemoration of the Holocaust “not only as head of state but simply as human being.”
— JTA
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