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[Michael] As head of the relief organization
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Reckonings

As head of the relief organization, the American JewishJoint Distribution Committee,...

[Michael] As head of the relief organization, the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee, Leavitt was intimately
familiar with the needs of survivors

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[Michael] As head of the relief organization,
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the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
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Leavitt was intimately familiar with the needs of survivors.
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10 seconds
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30
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:41
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...
Only three years earlier, he had toured DP camps in Germany - Reckonings 00:08
Only three years earlier, he had toured DP camps in Germany
“Sick and exhausted, stayed in bed uninterested in the whole world” - Reckonings 00:10
“Sick and exhausted, stayed in bed uninterested in the whole...
The German negotiators in Wassenaar were taking their cues from Bonn. - Reckonings 00:05
The German negotiators in Wassenaar were taking their cues f...
And in particular from Finance Minister Schäffer. - Reckonings 00:05
And in particular from Finance Minister Schäffer.
Schäffer's attitude toward Wassenaar was increasingly negative. - Reckonings 00:06
Schäffer's attitude toward Wassenaar was increasingly n...
- One has to know that in the same time of the compensation talks, - Reckonings 00:09
- One has to know that in the same time of the compensation ...
The London Debt Conference continues with the United States, - Reckonings 00:11
The London Debt Conference continues with the United States,
We were still talking about the debts of the German Reich, - Reckonings 00:07
We were still talking about the debts of the German Reich,
[Michael] Schäffer was also getting reports - Reckonings 00:08
[Michael] Schäffer was also getting reports
During the war, he was an executive at Deutsche Bank, - Reckonings 00:09
During the war, he was an executive at Deutsche Bank,
The U.S. Army had recommended indicting him for war crimes, - Reckonings 00:07
The U.S. Army had recommended indicting him for war crimes,
- Dealing with Abs was a very difficult issue. - Reckonings 00:05
- Dealing with Abs was a very difficult issue.
It was clear to everyone in the Claims Conference - Reckonings 00:13
It was clear to everyone in the Claims Conference
- 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...