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[Michael] The night before the signing
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Reckonings

The night before the signing, Moshe Sharett arrivedin Luxembourg from Israel and Konrad...

[Michael] The night before the signing, Moshe Sharett arrived
in Luxembourg from Israel and Konrad Adenauer arrived from Bonn

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[Michael] The night before the signing,
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Moshe Sharett arrived in Luxembourg from Israel
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and Konrad Adenauer arrived from Bonn.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:23
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 men were staying in different hotels - Reckonings 00:09
The men were staying in different hotels
Our memory is still haunted by the catastrophe - Reckonings 00:13
Our memory is still haunted by the catastrophe
[Bettina] Adenauer read through Sharett’s speech. - Reckonings 00:06
[Bettina] Adenauer read through Sharett’s speech.
I think he totally understood it. - Reckonings 00:07
I think he totally understood it.
Survivors of such cruelty or atrocities - Reckonings 00:09
Survivors of such cruelty or atrocities
And you simply have to accept this. - Reckonings 00:05
And you simply have to accept this.
But this was not in line with his own - Reckonings 00:08
But this was not in line with his own
He thought that honest repentance - Reckonings 00:11
He thought that honest repentance
[Michael] The idea that no forgiveness is possible, - Reckonings 00:09
[Michael] The idea that no forgiveness is possible,
Catholics believe that people are sinful - Reckonings 00:09
Catholics believe that people are sinful
[Dan] Well, it was clear from midnight on, - Reckonings 00:12
[Dan] Well, it was clear from midnight on,
During the choreography of signing the agreement, - Reckonings 00:10
During the choreography of signing the agreement,
Names were whispered - Reckonings 00:06
Names were whispered
And then silence prevailed in the room, - Reckonings 00:08
And then silence prevailed in the room,
Adenauer sat in front of the Israeli Foreign Minister, Moshe Sharett, - Reckonings 00:17
Adenauer sat in front of the Israeli Foreign Minister, Moshe...
- I'm sitting next to Nahum Goldmann and right opposite me is Chancellor Adenauer. - Reckonings 00:06
- I'm sitting next to Nahum Goldmann and right opposite...
Time comes to sign the contract for the Claims Conference. - Reckonings 00:05
Time comes to sign the contract for the Claims Conference.
But I gave a pen, which my wife had given me when I graduated from Harvard - Reckonings 00:08
But I gave a pen, which my wife had given me when I graduate...
And the treating was in fact signed with my pen. - Reckonings 00:05
And the treating was in fact signed with my pen.
[Dan] After the signing of the treaty, - Reckonings 00:10
[Dan] After the signing of the treaty,