07.03.2011                      01.Adar ll, 5771

Deportation:

Survivors face-off with French train company in Maryland

State bill would require disclosure of any participation in deportations to death camps.

In hearings in front of Maryland House and Senate committees last week, French train company executives faced emotional Holocaust survivor testimony, in the latest battle over mandatory disclosure of World War II history by applicants for municipal and state contracts.
Survivors and their families testified that Maryland legislators ought to impose broad disclosure requirements on Keolis America, a Rockville, Maryland- based company controlled by the French company SNCF, before it can bid for a contract to operate Maryland train lines. The legislature is considering such disclosure requirements….