Zelensky is in factjewish. israel s foreign ministry has described those comments from sergei lavrov as unforgivable, outrageous and terrible historical error. that s the latest from kia. back to the studio in london. we are going to stay with that story and cross live to jerusalem stay with that story and cross live tojerusalem and get the latest stay with that story and cross live to jerusalem and get the latest from our correspondentjon tojerusalem and get the latest from our correspondentjon donnison. i wonder if you could explain exactly what happened and what was said. , ., , exactly what happened and what was said. , . , . . said. this was an interview that seruei said. this was an interview that sergei lavrov. said. this was an interview that sergei lavrov, the said. this was an interview that sergei lavrov, the russian - said. this was an interview that i sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister did on italian tv over the weekend and he was asked how it could be he was
For and received a status that they called calmeyer status and that was a nazi office that was established that you would apply to and claim that either one or more of your grandparents were not in factjewish and then therefore you would not be jewish. he actually received this exemption in september of191t3, declaring him non jewish. there are so many questions i want to ask you and we are right up on the clock, unfortunately. let me ask you this, you ve got the book behind you, the betrayal of anne frank is that word betrayal the right word, do you think? well, only if it is put into context. to understand that arnold van den bergh, like so many otherjewish people during this time period, were forced into collaboration by the nazi occupiers.
The panorama of amsterdam at the time? of course arnold van den bergh was jewish so he was subject to many of the restrictions ofjews that the nazis occupiers put on but because he was a member of the jewish council he received a benefit, an exemption from deportation at first but he even took further action to try and ensure his safety and that of his family by purchasing another type of exemption that existed during this time, it was called 120,000 stamp, and that would further exempt him from deportation and then finally, as a final move in his chess game to protect himself and family, he applied for and received a status that they called calmeyer status and that was a nazi office that was established that you would apply to and claim that either one or more of your grandparents were not in factjewish and then therefore you would