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Named after SS Nazi war criminal: World's largest ship sparks outrage as it arrives in Europe just as 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz is marked

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2925389/Outrage-emerges-world-s-largest-ship-Pieter-Schelte-named-SS-Nazi-war-criminal.html Named after SS Nazi war criminal: World's largest ship sparks outrage as it arrives in Europe just as 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz is marked

World's largest ship the Pieter Schelte has come to Europe for the first time
It was named after the father of the owner of the firm who runs the vessel
Emerged that Schelte was a Dutch officer in the Waffen SS during WWII
Tried and convicted for war crimes and sentenced to three years in prison
But was released early and went to Venezuela to set up his own company
Jewish groups have reacted angrily after the ship's name was revealed
Arrives in Rotterdam 70 years after infamous death camp liberated

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2925389/Outrage-emerges-world-s-largest-ship-Pieter-Schelte-named-SS-Nazi-war-criminal.html#ixzz3Pqumss3m
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