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Reckonings

We don't use that term because wedon't think it's possible to make whole a Holocaust...

We don't use that term because we
don't think it's possible to make whole a Holocaust survivor who has been
through the unimaginable

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We don't use that term because we don't think it's possible
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to make whole a Holocaust survivor
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who has been through the unimaginable.
Duration
10 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:08
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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...
We call it compensation, recognition, an acknowledgement. - Reckonings 00:06
We call it compensation, recognition, an acknowledgement.
Germany is a very important ally of Israel today - Reckonings 00:07
Germany is a very important ally of Israel today
But it does not erase the past in any way. - Reckonings 00:05
But it does not erase the past in any way.
Wiedergutmachung is not possible. - Reckonings 00:05
Wiedergutmachung is not possible.
But we continue to try - Reckonings 00:15
But we continue to try
This is a broad concensus - Reckonings 00:08
This is a broad concensus
[Rachel] The Germans mistakenly thought that the Luxembourg Agreements - Reckonings 00:08
[Rachel] The Germans mistakenly thought that the Luxembourg ...
And in fact, this was just the first round of many, many more rounds of negotiations. - Reckonings 00:07
And in fact, this was just the first round of many, many mor...
- When the program first started, those programs provided - Reckonings 00:09
- When the program first started, those programs provided
And what the job of the Claims Conference has been ever since - Reckonings 00:09
And what the job of the Claims Conference has been ever sinc...
I have been the chief negotiator since 2006. - Reckonings 00:07
I have been the chief negotiator since 2006.
And in the 12 years I had this role, - Reckonings 00:17
And in the 12 years I had this role,
- Ultimately, these negotiations are not over just money - Reckonings 00:08
- Ultimately, these negotiations are not over just money
What happened and how Germany - Reckonings 00:12
What happened and how Germany
The first reparations ever paid by a state to individuals the state had harmed. - Reckonings 00:07
The first reparations ever paid by a state to individuals th...
An honest confrontation with your past - Reckonings 00:12
An honest confrontation with your past
- We visited an older lady who survived Auschwitz as a child. - Reckonings 00:08
- We visited an older lady who survived Auschwitz as a child...
At one point the lady said to me she was very happy and grateful - Reckonings 00:25
At one point the lady said to me she was very happy and grat...
I’ve always said in the talks that - Reckonings 00:16
I’ve always said in the talks that
But I think what we need to pass on - Reckonings 00:14
But I think what we need to pass on