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Reckonings

He was a devout Catholic and had been opposed to Nazism

He was a devout Catholic and had been opposed to Nazism

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He was a devout Catholic
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and had been opposed to Nazism.
Duration
6 seconds
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35
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:23
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...
His family had paid a severe price for their opposition. - Reckonings 00:06
His family had paid a severe price for their opposition.
[Bettina] In 1917, he was elected the Mayor of Cologne - Reckonings 00:09
[Bettina] In 1917, he was elected the Mayor of Cologne
And this is something that the Nazis didn't like at all. - Reckonings 00:05
And this is something that the Nazis didn't like at all...
He despised the Nazis right from the start - Reckonings 00:07
He despised the Nazis right from the start
These are the German newsreel pictures - Reckonings 00:06
These are the German newsreel pictures
[Bettina] My grandfather wasn't involved in the plot on Hitler’s life, - Reckonings 00:19
[Bettina] My grandfather wasn't involved in the plot on...
Soon after, they came here to Rhöndorf - Reckonings 00:09
Soon after, they came here to Rhöndorf
She refused, and she was arrested - Reckonings 00:10
She refused, and she was arrested
They also threatened to arrest - Reckonings 00:08
They also threatened to arrest
So she betrayed my grandfather - Reckonings 00:06
So she betrayed my grandfather
Of course my grandfather forgave her - Reckonings 00:08
Of course my grandfather forgave her
She was saved, - Reckonings 00:08
She was saved,
She died three years later in 1948. - Reckonings 00:07
She died three years later in 1948.
Of course this was a hard blow for my grandfather. - Reckonings 00:06
Of course this was a hard blow for my grandfather.
[Werner] Knowing that people in Germany did not - Reckonings 00:28
[Werner] Knowing that people in Germany did not
[Michael] Adenauer faced fierce opposition to the idea of paying reparations, - Reckonings 00:08
[Michael] Adenauer faced fierce opposition to the idea of pa...
The biggest threat to Adenauer's plans was finance minister, Fritz Schäffer. - Reckonings 00:06
The biggest threat to Adenauer's plans was finance mini...
[Michael] Schäffer thought that maybe the German Federal Republic is not capable - Reckonings 00:08
[Michael] Schäffer thought that maybe the German Federal Rep...
I mean, I wouldn't call him an anti-Semite, but he thought that - Reckonings 00:11
I mean, I wouldn't call him an anti-Semite, but he thou...
So it was very important for Adenauer to overcome that. - Reckonings 00:05
So it was very important for Adenauer to overcome that.