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It was too difficult for us to say Grandpa was worth more than Grandma

It was too difficult for us to say Grandpa was worth more than Grandma

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It was too difficult for us to say
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Grandpa was worth more than Grandma.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:45
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...
Or you're worth more than somebody else who was killed. - Reckonings 00:05
Or you're worth more than somebody else who was killed.
[Michael] The most important basis for individual survivor claims against Germany - Reckonings 00:07
[Michael] The most important basis for individual survivor c...
- And there was a second claim, which was based on the value of the property - Reckonings 00:15
- And there was a second claim, which was based on the value...
- The Holocaust was not only a war against the Jewish people. - Reckonings 00:07
- The Holocaust was not only a war against the Jewish people...
It was the biggest asset stripping operation in history. - Reckonings 00:05
It was the biggest asset stripping operation in history.
- Whole families were completely annihilated. - Reckonings 00:05
- Whole families were completely annihilated.
And suddenly there was property, but there were no appropriators anymore. - Reckonings 00:05
And suddenly there was property, but there were no appropria...
Who is going to claim that property? - Reckonings 00:05
Who is going to claim that property?
It cannot happen that property will become legal property - Reckonings 00:10
It cannot happen that property will become legal property
You have murdered, and now you are going to appropriate - Reckonings 00:08
You have murdered, and now you are going to appropriate
That's morally unacceptable, in any culture of the world. - Reckonings 00:06
That's morally unacceptable, in any culture of the worl...
[Rachel] The idea was that the German compensation would assist - Reckonings 00:09
[Rachel] The idea was that the German compensation would ass...
But this did not constitute in itself an acknowledgement - Reckonings 00:11
But this did not constitute in itself an acknowledgement
After liberation, - Reckonings 00:15
After liberation,
My mother said, "Somebody must've come back." - Reckonings 00:08
My mother said, "Somebody must've come back."
- Because I didn't want anybody to think it's a payment - Reckonings 00:10
- Because I didn't want anybody to think it's a pa...
And I was just afraid that somebody - Reckonings 00:11
And I was just afraid that somebody
[Michael] Before negotiations could begin, - Reckonings 00:16
[Michael] Before negotiations could begin,
Goldmann's meeting without Adenauer in London would be the first time - Reckonings 00:11
Goldmann's meeting without Adenauer in London would be ...
Nahum Goldmann came through the delivery's entrance. - Reckonings 00:05
Nahum Goldmann came through the delivery's entrance.