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Reckonings

We said, "Okay." "What are you offering?" Because if they're ready to pay twodollars a...

We said, "Okay." "What are you offering?" Because if they're ready to pay two
dollars a person, this discussion is over

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We said, "Okay."
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"What are you offering?"
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Because if they're ready to pay two dollars a person, this discussion is over.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:00
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...
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
During the war, he was an executive at Deutsche Bank, - Reckonings 00:09
During the war, he was an executive at Deutsche Bank,
The U.S. Army had recommended indicting him for war crimes, - Reckonings 00:07
The U.S. Army had recommended indicting him for war crimes,
- Dealing with Abs was a very difficult issue. - Reckonings 00:05
- Dealing with Abs was a very difficult issue.
It was clear to everyone in the Claims Conference - Reckonings 00:13
It was clear to everyone in the Claims Conference
- The Germans would have liked to put the whole issue to London, which would have - Reckonings 00:14
- The Germans would have liked to put the whole issue to Lon...