Dutch apologise to Anton de Kom's family, fund VU research

The Dutch government has officially apologised to the relatives of Anton de Kom, a Surinamese author, activist and resistance fighter, who died in a Nazi concentration camp after being shunned by the Netherlands. In addition, the foreign affairs ministry is funding a chair at Amsterdam’s VU University which will bear his name and focus on the impact of slavery in present-day society. Foreign affairs minister Wopke Hoekstra met some of De Kom’s relatives on Monday afternoon to offer the cabinet’s...