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Reckonings

This imposes upon usthe obligation to make moral and material amends both as regards...

This imposes upon us
the obligation to make moral and material amends both as regards to
individual damage which Jews have suffered and as regard to Jewish property
for which there are no longer individual claimants

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This imposes upon us the obligation
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to make moral and material amends
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both as regards to individual damage
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which Jews have suffered
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and as regard to Jewish property for which there are
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no longer individual claimants.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:46
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...
It further hopes that the efforts made by Germany - Reckonings 00:21
It further hopes that the efforts made by Germany
[Michael] In the morning, the Germans negotiated with the Israeli delegation. - Reckonings 00:05
[Michael] In the morning, the Germans negotiated with the Is...
In the afternoon they negotiated with the delegation on behalf - Reckonings 00:06
In the afternoon they negotiated with the delegation on beha...
In the evening, the Claims Conference and the Israeli delegations met - Reckonings 00:08
In the evening, the Claims Conference and the Israeli delega...
We said, "Okay." - Reckonings 00:11
We said, "Okay."
For example, many of those Jews had stocks and bonds, - Reckonings 00:11
For example, many of those Jews had stocks and bonds,
And they said, "There's millions of dollars worth of stocks there.” - Reckonings 00:28
And they said, "There's millions of dollars worth ...
- When the Germans said they want an accounting - Reckonings 00:08
- When the Germans said they want an accounting
Moses Leavitt answered them with great force and bitterness. - Reckonings 00:06
Moses Leavitt answered them with great force and bitterness.
“This is none of your damn business.” - Reckonings 00:17
“This is none of your damn business.”
[Michael] As head of the relief organization, - Reckonings 00:10
[Michael] As head of the relief organization,
Only three years earlier, he had toured DP camps in Germany - Reckonings 00:08
Only three years earlier, he had toured DP camps in Germany
“Sick and exhausted, stayed in bed uninterested in the whole world” - Reckonings 00:10
“Sick and exhausted, stayed in bed uninterested in the whole...
The German negotiators in Wassenaar were taking their cues from Bonn. - Reckonings 00:05
The German negotiators in Wassenaar were taking their cues f...
And in particular from Finance Minister Schäffer. - Reckonings 00:05
And in particular from Finance Minister Schäffer.
Schäffer's attitude toward Wassenaar was increasingly negative. - Reckonings 00:06
Schäffer's attitude toward Wassenaar was increasingly n...
- One has to know that in the same time of the compensation talks, - Reckonings 00:09
- One has to know that in the same time of the compensation ...
The London Debt Conference continues with the United States, - Reckonings 00:11
The London Debt Conference continues with the United States,
We were still talking about the debts of the German Reich, - Reckonings 00:07
We were still talking about the debts of the German Reich,
[Michael] Schäffer was also getting reports - Reckonings 00:08
[Michael] Schäffer was also getting reports