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1994 |
Historian Eugene Genovese- communism |
Leftist historian Eugene Genovese argues in the journal Dissent that the American left should apologize for its complicity in immoral acts committed by communism.
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April 1994 |
German- Netherlands German Christians apologize for the Nazi invasion |
German Christians apologize to the Dutch for the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in World War II.
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23 April 1994 |
First Lady Hillary Clinton Whitewater scandal |
First Lady Hillary Clinton apologizes for confusion in her responses to questions about the Whitewater scandal.
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4 May 1994 |
Florida -Survivors and descendants of the 1923 Rosewood massacre |
The Florida state legislature agrees to compensate survivors and descendants of the 1923 Rosewood massacre.
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9 June 1994 |
The Presbyterian Church of Canada apologizes for helping the government of Canada try to assimilate native peoples |
The Presbyterian Church of Canada apologizes for helping the government of Canada try to assimilate native peoples.
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14 June 1994 |
U.S. Republican political strategist apologizes to African-American ministers |
U.S. Republican political strategist Ed Rollins apologizes to African-American ministers for the use of a controversial political strategy.
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August 1994 |
Germany -Poland World War II |
German President Roman Herzog asks the Polish people for forgiveness for the “inordinate suffering” inflicted on their country during World War II.
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15 August 1994 |
Japan apologizes for the suffering caused by Imperial Japan |
Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama apologizes for the suffering caused by Imperial Japan and concedes that other Asians suffered “tragic sacrifices beyond description.”
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March 1995 |
The Jesuits’ general congregation apologizes for abetting “male domination” and pledged “solidarity with women |
The Jesuits’ general congregation apologizes for abetting “male domination” and pledged “solidarity with women.”
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March 1995 |
Lithuanian - Israeli the Holocaust |
Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas asks the Israeli Knesset for forgiveness for Lithuania’s deeds in the Holocaust.
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11 March 1995 |
Alabama Governor George Wallace apologizes to civil rights advocates for resisting desegregation |
On the thirtieth anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march, former Alabama Governor George Wallace apologizes to civil rights advocates for resisting desegregation.
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April 1995 |
USA-Japan, the atomic bombs |
U.S. President Bill Clinton says, “the United States owes no apology to Japan for having dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
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9 April 1995 |
Vietnam Error |
Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara regrets that the U.S. did not withdraw from Vietnam in 1964. He says, “We were wrong, terribly wrong.”
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May 1995 |
Catholic Church-Czech Republic stake burnings |
Pope John Paul II begs forgiveness in the Czech Republic for the Church’s role in stake burnings and the religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation.
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May 1995 |
Russia unveils a monument to the millions of victims of Stalin |
Petersburg, Russia unveils a monument to the millions of victims of Stalin and others during the Soviet regime. The monument consists of two sphinxes, situated across from the former KGB building where many political prisoners were taken for interrogation.
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1 May 1995 |
Croation Catholics apologize for suffering of Serbian Church. |
The Croatian Catholic bishops’ letter on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of World War II for the first time specifically expresses regret for losses and suffering of the Serbian Orthodox Church at hands of the Croat nationalist regime in WW II.
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June 1995 |
The International Red Cross Nazi atrocities during World War II |
The International Red Cross apologizes for its failure in not denouncing Nazi atrocities during World War II, saying “Our failure to speak out at that time was a moral defeat.”
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June 1995 |
Japan strives for world peace |
Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama says, “I would like to say that Japan is deeply remorseful for its past and strives for world peace.”
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1 June 1995 |
The Southern Baptist convention - African-Americans Slavery |
The Southern Baptist convention apologizes to African-Americans and asks for forgiveness “for defending slavery in the antebellum South and for condoning ‘racism in our lifetime.’”
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9 June 1995 |
Japan - Asians and others World War II |
he lower house of the Japanese Diet expresses “deep remorse” for the suffering inflicted on Asians and others in World War II.
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14 June 1995 |
Peru amnesty for people charged with human rights abuses |
Peruvian President Fujimori signs into law an amnesty for people charged with human rights abuses between 1982 and 1995.
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July 1995 |
France apologizes for helping the Nazis in deporting French Jews to death camps |
On the 53rd anniversary of the roundup of 13,000 Parisian Jews, French President Jacques Chirac apologizes for the help the Vichy government gave the Nazis in deporting 320,000 French Jews to death camps.
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July 1995 |
Japan- women who were put into brothels by Japanese forces |
Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama apologizes to the roughly 200,000 women who were put into brothels by Japanese forces to serve as sex slaves or “comfort women” and sets up a private “Asian Women’s Fund” to deal with reparations. The fund is “an expression on the part of the people of Japan to these women.”
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10 July 1995 |
Catholic Church-Women’s rights |
In an open letter addressed to “every woman,” Pope John Paul II apologizes for the Church’s stance against women’s rights and for the historical denigration of women.
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August 1995 |
Call for Australian apology. |
The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission issues a report recommending an apology and reparations for the Australian government’s policy of forcibly removing mixed-blood children from aboriginal families between 1910 and 1970
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