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Well, I thought we would meet allthose persons who represented "the past"

Well, I thought we would meet all
those persons who represented "the past"

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Well, I thought we would meet all those persons who represented "the past".
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:43:07
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
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documentary
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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...
- 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
- Because the Israeli government was so desperately in need of money, - Reckonings 00:09
- Because the Israeli government was so desperately in need ...
So he brought forward an offer to the Israeli government, - Reckonings 00:12
So he brought forward an offer to the Israeli government,
The number which had been on the table so far was one billion. - Reckonings 00:05
The number which had been on the table so far was one billio...
[Bettina] Goldmann came here to this house - Reckonings 00:12
[Bettina] Goldmann came here to this house
[Rachel] Goldmann explained to Adenauer that you couldn't go on this way, - Reckonings 00:08
[Rachel] Goldmann explained to Adenauer that you couldn'...
[Constantin] Adenauer was under pressure to achieve some deals. - Reckonings 00:05
[Constantin] Adenauer was under pressure to achieve some dea...
At a certain point, you cannot step back without producing a lot of damage - Reckonings 00:09
At a certain point, you cannot step back without producing a...
Without a deal with Israel, Germany would have not been able to - Reckonings 00:10
Without a deal with Israel, Germany would have not been able...
But at the same time, - Reckonings 00:06
But at the same time,
I think the ethical and moral obligation - Reckonings 00:15
I think the ethical and moral obligation
Even if there had been no benefit for Germany, - Reckonings 00:10
Even if there had been no benefit for Germany,
[Rachel] Adenauer overruled his own government officials and said that there was - Reckonings 00:13
[Rachel] Adenauer overruled his own government officials and...
And so the delegation went back to the negotiating table. - Reckonings 00:06
And so the delegation went back to the negotiating table.