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It was clear to everyone in the Claims Conference
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It was clear to everyone in theClaims Conference and in the Israeli delegation that they...

It was clear to everyone in the
Claims Conference and in the Israeli delegation that they had no choice but
to deal with the Germans as they were, including those that had been Nazis

Full Transcript

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It was clear to everyone in the Claims Conference
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and in the Israeli delegation
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that they had no choice but to deal with the Germans as they were,
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including those that had been Nazis.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:34
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...
- The Germans would have liked to put the whole issue to London, which would have - Reckonings 00:14
- The Germans would have liked to put the whole issue to Lon...
The German official said, - Reckonings 00:27
The German official said,
[Michael] About three weeks in the atmosphere between - Reckonings 00:07
[Michael] About three weeks in the atmosphere between
So Konrad Adenauer picked Franz Böhm to be the chief negotiator in Wassenaar. - Reckonings 00:06
So Konrad Adenauer picked Franz Böhm to be the chief negotia...
Franz Böhm was a very eminent opposition figure in the time - Reckonings 00:07
Franz Böhm was a very eminent opposition figure in the time
He was removed from his chair being a university professor in Freiburg. - Reckonings 00:06
He was removed from his chair being a university professor i...
He was removed from the bench by the Nazis because he was opposed - Reckonings 00:08
He was removed from the bench by the Nazis because he was op...
Well, I thought we would meet all those persons who represented "the past". - Reckonings 00:07
Well, I thought we would meet all those persons who represen...
- I think for the German delegation, this was also not such an easy situation. - Reckonings 00:06
- I think for the German delegation, this was also not such ...
It was also the first encounter with officials from world Jewry. - Reckonings 00:06
It was also the first encounter with officials from world Je...
Then, suddenly, - Reckonings 00:13
Then, suddenly,
This was exactly what those in the Jewish world - Reckonings 00:09
This was exactly what those in the Jewish world
The Jews would be made to look like fools in the eyes of the world. - Reckonings 00:06
The Jews would be made to look like fools in the eyes of the...
[Rachel] Böhm and Küster were disgusted by this. - Reckonings 00:06
[Rachel] Böhm and Küster were disgusted by this.
They were shocked that the government didn't want to - Reckonings 00:08
They were shocked that the government didn't want to
- Because the Israeli government was so desperately in need of money, - Reckonings 00:09
- Because the Israeli government was so desperately in need ...
So he brought forward an offer to the Israeli government, - Reckonings 00:12
So he brought forward an offer to the Israeli government,
The number which had been on the table so far was one billion. - Reckonings 00:05
The number which had been on the table so far was one billio...
[Bettina] Goldmann came here to this house - Reckonings 00:12
[Bettina] Goldmann came here to this house
[Rachel] Goldmann explained to Adenauer that you couldn't go on this way, - Reckonings 00:08
[Rachel] Goldmann explained to Adenauer that you couldn'...