Common sense and decency in short supply
For some strange reason, both the Dutch shipping yard and the Dutch government which supplied the subsidies for building the ship, didn’t think it immensely stupid and grotesque to be associated in a project with the son of a convicted Nazi war criminal, who would choose to name the world’s largest ship after him.
UPDATE: Donovan sends: LINK TO THE PETITION REGARDING CHANGING THE NAME OF THIS SHIP
World’s biggest ship, named after Nazi SS officer, stirs protest
The Pieter Schelte, the biggest vessel in the world, arrived in Rotterdam. It is named after a Nazi war criminal, Pieter Schelte Heerema, a former officer of the murderous Waffen SS. He was quoted as saying, “The German race is model. The Jewish race, by comparison, is parasitic.” After the Second World War, Heerema served three years in Dutch prison for his collaboration with the Nazis. The Dutch government provided a subsidy for the building of the ship.
LINK TO THE PETITION REGARDING CHANGING THE NAME OF THIS SHIP
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Thank you John, I just updated the post with your suggestion.