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Reckonings

I was able to go to schoolbecause I had that money

I was able to go to school
because I had that money

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I was able to go to school because I had that money.
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5 seconds
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01:00:23
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Mar 17, 2025
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documentary
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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...
We needed basic things, you know, clothes, shoes. - Reckonings 00:06
We needed basic things, you know, clothes, shoes.
So this was the only money that we really had to live on. - Reckonings 00:05
So this was the only money that we really had to live on.
- Many of the survivors, they all felt that they didn't get enough and they were right. - Reckonings 00:06
- Many of the survivors, they all felt that they didn't...
- There were from the beginning, different perceptions - Reckonings 00:11
- There were from the beginning, different perceptions
From the German side, this was what they called "Wiedergutmachung." - Reckonings 00:08
From the German side, this was what they called "Wieder...
We don't use that term because we don't think it's possible - Reckonings 00:10
We don't use that term because we don't think it&#...
We call it compensation, recognition, an acknowledgement. - Reckonings 00:06
We call it compensation, recognition, an acknowledgement.
Germany is a very important ally of Israel today - Reckonings 00:07
Germany is a very important ally of Israel today
But it does not erase the past in any way. - Reckonings 00:05
But it does not erase the past in any way.
Wiedergutmachung is not possible. - Reckonings 00:05
Wiedergutmachung is not possible.
But we continue to try - Reckonings 00:15
But we continue to try
This is a broad concensus - Reckonings 00:08
This is a broad concensus
[Rachel] The Germans mistakenly thought that the Luxembourg Agreements - Reckonings 00:08
[Rachel] The Germans mistakenly thought that the Luxembourg ...
And in fact, this was just the first round of many, many more rounds of negotiations. - Reckonings 00:07
And in fact, this was just the first round of many, many mor...
- When the program first started, those programs provided - Reckonings 00:09
- When the program first started, those programs provided
And what the job of the Claims Conference has been ever since - Reckonings 00:09
And what the job of the Claims Conference has been ever sinc...
I have been the chief negotiator since 2006. - Reckonings 00:07
I have been the chief negotiator since 2006.
And in the 12 years I had this role, - Reckonings 00:17
And in the 12 years I had this role,
- Ultimately, these negotiations are not over just money - Reckonings 00:08
- Ultimately, these negotiations are not over just money
What happened and how Germany - Reckonings 00:12
What happened and how Germany