After a 75-year wait, Luxembourg has officially apologized for its anti-Semitic actions during WW2. In a declaration signed by 60 lawmakers and the Prime Minister, that country has admitted to aiding the Nazis in their evil terror campaign.

Because Luxembourg is such a small nation, many people may not be aware that 3,700 Jewish citizens lived there at the time and over 1,200 were deported—the majority to their death.

The question is: Does their apology matter?

Personally, I think the apology is a very positive step. While most of the victims will never know, it clearly demonstrates to current and future generations that genocide is wrong and simply can not be tolerated and it provides another safeguard against the sickos who deny the Holocaust ever happened (yes, Mel Gibson, I’m talking to you)! I do wish they had spoken up decades ago, but this is better than nothing.

More than mere words, I think the best apology of all is CASH. Anyone who was effected by the Holocaust—including their heirs—rightfully deserve reparations for loss of property like the landmark case involving the Swiss banks having to repay over a billion dollars, which frankly should’ve been more.

True, no amount of money could ever make up for the suffering, but the compensation shouldn’t be denied simply because too many years have gone by. Same as we should hunt down every single living Nazi and bring them to trial, we need to search for every lost dollar and return it!

Do apologies matter in cases as serious as the Holocaust, or is it too little, too late?