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He despised the Nazis right from the start
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He despised the Nazisright from the start and it was no secret

He despised the Nazis
right from the start and it was no secret

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He despised the Nazis right from the start
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and it was no secret.
Duration
7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:09:52
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Go2Films

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Movie Summary

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...
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.
The speech by Adenauer, - Reckonings 00:09
The speech by Adenauer,
- We hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine - Reckonings 00:09
- We hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish state i...
[Michael] Like Adenauer, Ben-Gurion was building a new nation out of the ashes. - Reckonings 00:06
[Michael] Like Adenauer, Ben-Gurion was building a new natio...
Both men were unique combinations of moralists and realists. - Reckonings 00:07
Both men were unique combinations of moralists and realists.