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[Radio Announcer] At Weimar, all citizens were ordered to visit the concentration camp
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At Weimar, all citizens were orderedto visit the concentration camp

[Radio Announcer] At Weimar, all citizens were ordered
to visit the concentration camp

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[Radio Announcer] At Weimar, all citizens were ordered to visit the concentration camp.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:05:14
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
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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...
They were forced to see with their own eyes - Reckonings 00:07
They were forced to see with their own eyes
They tell you now that they knew nothing of what was going on, - Reckonings 00:07
They tell you now that they knew nothing of what was going o...
- The Germans had for 12 years been indoctrinated - Reckonings 00:10
- The Germans had for 12 years been indoctrinated
They didn't really understand why they had to pay compensation. - Reckonings 00:06
They didn't really understand why they had to pay compe...
- One has to see that everybody, even those who had been - Reckonings 00:10
- One has to see that everybody, even those who had been
Everybody was rejecting the notion of collective guilt. - Reckonings 00:05
Everybody was rejecting the notion of collective guilt.
People were still living in ruins - Reckonings 00:07
People were still living in ruins
But the fact that the Germans had inflicted - Reckonings 00:12
But the fact that the Germans had inflicted
- The Allies conducted a number of polls amongst the Germans. - Reckonings 00:06
- The Allies conducted a number of polls amongst the Germans...
Who did they consider to be the main victims of the war? - Reckonings 00:06
Who did they consider to be the main victims of the war?
[Michael] They were so preoccupied with building up their lives. - Reckonings 00:06
[Michael] They were so preoccupied with building up their li...
Only 11% of the German population - Reckonings 00:07
Only 11% of the German population
In the name of the German people - Reckonings 00:14
In the name of the German people
My grandfather was convinced - Reckonings 00:16
My grandfather was convinced
The Federal Government is prepared - Reckonings 00:22
The Federal Government is prepared
[Michael] He said that, of course, this compensation, this reparation - Reckonings 00:09
[Michael] He said that, of course, this compensation, this r...
[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...