Death camp opened my eyes, William tells survivor Freddie
PRINCE William yesterday told a Holocaust survivor how a death camp visit “opened his eyes”.
William met former French Resistance fighter Freddie Knoller, 96, on a visit to London’s Imperial War Museum.
The World War II hero presented William with a copy of his book, Living With The Enemy.
And the prince shared his memories of his July visit with wife Kate to a Nazi camp in Poland.
He said: “Catherine and I had a very eye-opening tour around the camp – it was very sobering.”
Freddie, who had spells in a series of camps, showed William a badge he used to stay alive in 1945 on a death march from Auschwitz. He replaced the yellow star which identified him as a Jew with a red triangle from the uniform of a dead French prisoner. The badge is now on show at the museum.
He explained: “When I put it on, they thought I was a French political prisoner. It saved my life.
“I don’t want the world to forget six million Jews were murdered by Nazis. This is why I tell the story.” MEMBERS of a far-right race hate group operating under aliases in Scotland will face up to 10 years in prison from today.
A UK Government order has outlawed the poisonous groups who call themselves Scottish Dawn or National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action –NS131.
Both have been identified by the Government as alternative names for the neo-Nazi group National Action, who were banned last December.
The order follows an undercover Daily Record probe in conjunction with investigative website The Ferret earlier this year, when we revealed the links between the groups.
The move means that from today, being a member of – or inviting support for – the named organisations will be a criminal offence, carrying a sentence of up to 10 years in jail.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell said: “Scotland is an open, welcoming and tolerant nation – and we will do everything we can to protect those values which are so central to our society.
“The UK Government will not hesitate to tackle those who would seek to spread hatred, division and fear in our communities.
“We will not allow terrorism to divide us, we will not allow terrorists to threaten vulnerable members of our society, and we will not allow them to try to poison Scotland with their vile propaganda.”
National Action were banned last year following an assessment that they were “concerned in terrorism.” Today’s order means they also cannot operate as Scottish Dawn or NS131.
National Action’s online propaganda material featured disgustingly violent imagery and language.
And it appeared to encourage the emulation of bloody atrocities including the homophobic attack on the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando and the brutal murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: “National Action is a vile racist, homophobic and anti-semitic group which glorifies violence and stirs up hatred while promoting their poisonous ideology.
“I will not allow them to masquerade under different names.
“By extending the proscription of National Action, we are halting the spread of a poisonous ideology and stopping its membership from growing – protecting those who could be at risk of radicalisation.
“Our priority as Government will always be to maintain the safety and security of families and communities across the United Kingdom and we will continue to identify and ban any terrorist group which threatens this, whatever their ideology.”
Our seven-month probe into the race hate groups revealed that National Action members were still operating in Scotland after the ban, simply by using the new names.
In an undercover operation, the Record and The Ferret secretly filmed Scottish Dawn activist Ruaidhri
Scotland is an open, welcoming & tolerant nation and we will protect those values DAVID MUNDELL