Tag: Reparations

Germany has decided to provide a one-time payment of 25 million Euros through the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany to approximately 120,000 Holocaust survivors in Israel as a show of solidarity following the recent Hamas attack.
A new research study reveals that the Dutch tram company GVB, which transported Anne Frank and many other Amsterdam Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust, sought compensation for their services even after the war.
"Rebecca Clarren's book 'The Cost of Free Land' explores her Jewish family's history in South Dakota as beneficiaries of land taken from the Lakota people, prompting her to grapple with feelings of guilt and a desire for atonement. While her family did not actively harm the Lakota, she recognizes their complicity in systemic injustices. Clarren intertwines the narratives of Jewish settlement in the West and the oppression of the Lakota, drawing parallels between American policies towards Native Americans and Hitler's ideology. The book highlights the need for understanding and acknowledging historical injustices, emphasizing the complex legacy of privilege and responsibility."
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, legal scholar Martha Minow discusses forgiveness, law, and the limitations of teshuva (repentance).
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, legal scholar Martha Minow discusses the limitations of teshuva (repentance) and the role of forgiveness in law and human culture.
Joanne Intrator, a New York psychiatrist and daughter of German Jewish refugees, embarked on a challenging journey to seek restitution from Germany for the family's looted property, notably the commercial building at 16 Wallstrasse in Berlin.
Germany has agreed to record $1.4 billion in annual Holocaust reparations, the largest amount agreed to for a single year since reparations began.
The author, whose family was murdered during the Holocaust, is faced with a dilemma: Austria is offering citizenship to descendants of Jews who lived there between 1933 and 1955, but accepting it would require reconciling with a country that destroyed their family.
Holocaust survivors in Israel, like 92-year-old Rosa Zuta, have faced challenges accessing government assistance despite Germany providing billions in reparations.
Holocaust survivor Ben Peres' inmate jacket from Dachau concentration camp was discovered at an estate sale in Long Island, four decades after his death, by a collector who alerted the Kupferberg Holocaust Center of Queensborough Community College.
"After Auschwitz" is a memoir written by Gran Rosenberg, which explores the aftermath of the Holocaust and the experiences of survivors.
Jewish organizations in the United States are being urged to stop denying the Armenian genocide, especially as its 100th anniversary approaches.