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Reckonings

We were still talking aboutthe debts of the German Reich, which was also a big number

We were still talking about
the debts of the German Reich, which was also a big number

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We were still talking about the debts of the German Reich,
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which was also a big number.
Duration
7 seconds
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35
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:56
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...
[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...
The German official said, - Reckonings 00:27
The German official said,
[Michael] About three weeks in the atmosphere between - Reckonings 00:07
[Michael] About three weeks in the atmosphere between
So Konrad Adenauer picked Franz Böhm to be the chief negotiator in Wassenaar. - Reckonings 00:06
So Konrad Adenauer picked Franz Böhm to be the chief negotia...
Franz Böhm was a very eminent opposition figure in the time - Reckonings 00:07
Franz Böhm was a very eminent opposition figure in the time
He was removed from his chair being a university professor in Freiburg. - Reckonings 00:06
He was removed from his chair being a university professor i...
He was removed from the bench by the Nazis because he was opposed - Reckonings 00:08
He was removed from the bench by the Nazis because he was op...
Well, I thought we would meet all those persons who represented "the past". - Reckonings 00:07
Well, I thought we would meet all those persons who represen...
- I think for the German delegation, this was also not such an easy situation. - Reckonings 00:06
- I think for the German delegation, this was also not such ...
It was also the first encounter with officials from world Jewry. - Reckonings 00:06
It was also the first encounter with officials from world Je...
Then, suddenly, - Reckonings 00:13
Then, suddenly,
This was exactly what those in the Jewish world - Reckonings 00:09
This was exactly what those in the Jewish world
The Jews would be made to look like fools in the eyes of the world. - Reckonings 00:06
The Jews would be made to look like fools in the eyes of the...
[Rachel] Böhm and Küster were disgusted by this. - Reckonings 00:06
[Rachel] Böhm and Küster were disgusted by this.
They were shocked that the government didn't want to - Reckonings 00:08
They were shocked that the government didn't want to