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[Michael] He said that, of course, this compensation, this reparation
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Reckonings

He said that, of course, thiscompensation, this reparation is also, in a way,accepting...

[Michael] He said that, of course, this
compensation, this reparation is also, in a way,
accepting German guilt

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[Michael] He said that, of course, this compensation, this reparation
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is also, in a way, accepting German guilt.
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9 seconds
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40
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:18
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Genres
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...
[Wolfgang] Adenauer had a deep understanding - Reckonings 00:07
[Wolfgang] Adenauer had a deep understanding
I think he knew from a moral - Reckonings 00:15
I think he knew from a moral
- In 1949, West Germany became a new sovereign nation, - Reckonings 00:12
- In 1949, West Germany became a new sovereign nation,
East Germany was behind the Iron Curtain, cut off from the West. - Reckonings 00:06
East Germany was behind the Iron Curtain, cut off from the W...
As the first Chancellor, he had the task of rebuilding West Germany as a democracy, - Reckonings 00:15
As the first Chancellor, he had the task of rebuilding West ...
He was a devout Catholic - Reckonings 00:06
He was a devout Catholic
His family had paid a severe price for their opposition. - Reckonings 00:06
His family had paid a severe price for their opposition.
[Bettina] In 1917, he was elected the Mayor of Cologne - Reckonings 00:09
[Bettina] In 1917, he was elected the Mayor of Cologne
And this is something that the Nazis didn't like at all. - Reckonings 00:05
And this is something that the Nazis didn't like at all...
He despised the Nazis right from the start - Reckonings 00:07
He despised the Nazis right from the start
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.