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Why Ireland should apologise for not taking in more Jewish refugees during the second World War
Then powerful justice official Peter Berry received an appeal to give refuge to Jews who wanted to flee Nazi Germany
Former secretary of the Department of Justice Peter Berry in the 1970s. Photograph: Independent News and Media/Getty Images
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Thu Oct 12 2023 - 06:01
second World War
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