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[Rachel] One month after Adenauer’s speech
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Reckonings

One month after Adenauer’s speech, Nahum Goldmann sent outinvitations in the name of the...

[Rachel] One month after Adenauer’s speech, Nahum Goldmann sent out
invitations in the name of the Jewish Agency to 23 organizations

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[Rachel] One month after Adenauer’s speech,
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Nahum Goldmann sent out invitations in the name
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of the Jewish Agency to 23 organizations.
Duration
11 seconds
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37
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:22
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...
He did bring together a fairly wide range of organizations. - Reckonings 00:06
He did bring together a fairly wide range of organizations.
There were survivors in Israel, but there were survivors all over the world. - Reckonings 00:06
There were survivors in Israel, but there were survivors all...
[Michael] In the early 1950s, there were still tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors - Reckonings 00:08
[Michael] In the early 1950s, there were still tens of thous...
Israel's representative to the United Nations, Abban Eban, - Reckonings 00:07
Israel's representative to the United Nations, Abban Eb...
His main argument was that Israel should represent - Reckonings 00:08
His main argument was that Israel should represent
- The other delegates refused to accept his position. - Reckonings 00:06
- The other delegates refused to accept his position.
They rejected the idea that Israel should monopolize, - Reckonings 00:09
They rejected the idea that Israel should monopolize,
The diaspora organizations also had ongoing needs - Reckonings 00:08
The diaspora organizations also had ongoing needs
And there was the whole question of rehabilitating - Reckonings 00:08
And there was the whole question of rehabilitating
On the second day of the meeting, - Reckonings 00:07
On the second day of the meeting,
[Michael] One group that was vehemently opposed was Agudath Israel. - Reckonings 00:05
[Michael] One group that was vehemently opposed was Agudath ...
The spokesman for Agudath Israel said - Reckonings 00:11
The spokesman for Agudath Israel said
The vote was 22 to one, in favor. - Reckonings 00:05
The vote was 22 to one, in favor.
And thus, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, - Reckonings 00:08
And thus, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against G...
- They decided to insert into already unwieldy name - Reckonings 00:14
- They decided to insert into already unwieldy name
But the issues of morality, - Reckonings 00:11
But the issues of morality,
[Michael] The nascent Claims Conference had to figure out on what legal basis - Reckonings 00:07
[Michael] The nascent Claims Conference had to figure out on...
There was no precedent for what they were trying to achieve - Reckonings 00:06
There was no precedent for what they were trying to achieve
Fortunately, the Claims Conference had pulled in a handful of brilliant lawyers. - Reckonings 00:06
Fortunately, the Claims Conference had pulled in a handful o...
- We ask this court to affirm by international penal action, - Reckonings 00:13
- We ask this court to affirm by international penal action,