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Reckonings

They decided to insertinto already unwieldy name the word 'Material' because they...

They decided to insert
into already unwieldy name the word 'Material' because they wanted
the world to understand this was about material reparations

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- They decided to insert into already unwieldy name
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the word 'Material'
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because they wanted the world to understand
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this was about material reparations.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:47
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...
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,
When I was still a student at the Harvard law school, - Reckonings 00:13
When I was still a student at the Harvard law school,
[michael] He had been drafted into the army right out of law school - Reckonings 00:07
[michael] He had been drafted into the army right out of law...
Nevertheless, he was tapped - Reckonings 00:14
Nevertheless, he was tapped
- The case we present is a plea of humanity to law. - Reckonings 00:07
- The case we present is a plea of humanity to law.
We decided very early on, we're not going to ask for anything - Reckonings 00:07
We decided very early on, we're not going to ask for an...
It was too difficult for us to say - Reckonings 00:08
It was too difficult for us to say
Or you're worth more than somebody else who was killed. - Reckonings 00:05
Or you're worth more than somebody else who was killed.
[Michael] The most important basis for individual survivor claims against Germany - Reckonings 00:07
[Michael] The most important basis for individual survivor c...
- And there was a second claim, which was based on the value of the property - Reckonings 00:15
- And there was a second claim, which was based on the value...
- The Holocaust was not only a war against the Jewish people. - Reckonings 00:07
- The Holocaust was not only a war against the Jewish people...
It was the biggest asset stripping operation in history. - Reckonings 00:05
It was the biggest asset stripping operation in history.
- Whole families were completely annihilated. - Reckonings 00:05
- Whole families were completely annihilated.
And suddenly there was property, but there were no appropriators anymore. - Reckonings 00:05
And suddenly there was property, but there were no appropria...
Who is going to claim that property? - Reckonings 00:05
Who is going to claim that property?
It cannot happen that property will become legal property - Reckonings 00:10
It cannot happen that property will become legal property