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Reckonings

Even more important thanthe financial significance of the Luxembourg Agreement is its...

Even more important than
the financial significance of the Luxembourg Agreement is its moral significance

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Even more important than the financial significance
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of the Luxembourg Agreement
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is its moral significance.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:00
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Go2Films

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Could the perpetrators face their crimes? Could any compensation deliver justice to the survivors? Under the threat of violence, 6 years after the Holocaust, a group of German and Jewish leaders pushed for reparations as a step to...
- According to the agreement, West Germany promised to pay - Reckonings 00:09
- According to the agreement, West Germany promised to pay
The goods consisted of raw materials, especially petroleum, - Reckonings 00:18
The goods consisted of raw materials, especially petroleum,
- This agreement, first of all, upgraded Israel's standard of living. - Reckonings 00:06
- This agreement, first of all, upgraded Israel's stand...
It enabled construction of housing and lodging - Reckonings 00:13
It enabled construction of housing and lodging
[Yaakov] In those days, - Reckonings 00:07
[Yaakov] In those days,
What is amazing is that once - Reckonings 00:20
What is amazing is that once
The opposition stopped fighting it. - Reckonings 00:05
The opposition stopped fighting it.
- And the German reparations rescued the Jewish state. - Reckonings 00:06
- And the German reparations rescued the Jewish state.
- There is no question that the payments to the state of Israel - Reckonings 00:07
- There is no question that the payments to the state of Isr...
As for the individual payments to survivors, - Reckonings 00:07
As for the individual payments to survivors,
- I moved to Israel with the organization Youth Aliyah in 1948. - Reckonings 00:06
- I moved to Israel with the organization Youth Aliyah in 19...
My mother decided to go to Germany - Reckonings 00:07
My mother decided to go to Germany
I think she said, "This is what we’re doing.” So I did it. - Reckonings 00:05
I think she said, "This is what we’re doing.” So I did ...
When we arrived in Germany and got off the plane, - Reckonings 00:10
When we arrived in Germany and got off the plane,
With all the German that I heard, - Reckonings 00:08
With all the German that I heard,
My mother got off at the stop - Reckonings 00:07
My mother got off at the stop
Afterwards, for about ten days, I didn't get out of bed. - Reckonings 00:08
Afterwards, for about ten days, I didn't get out of bed...
I remember my mother going from one lawyer to another, - Reckonings 00:07
I remember my mother going from one lawyer to another,
My mother succeeded in getting reparations. - Reckonings 00:06
My mother succeeded in getting reparations.
First of all, there is certainly - Reckonings 00:18
First of all, there is certainly