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Holocaust Reparations: Money
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A bit of justice The pursuit of reparations for the Holocaust always has been more about healing than money, said Greg Schneider, director of institutional allocation of the Claims Conference, a non-profit agency founded in 1951 to seek restitution. "I have not heard of any discussion of any settlement which includes compensation that even begins to approach the financial loss of the victims and of the survivors," he said.
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NPR's Tovia Smith reports though more than $50 million in reparations are already designated for American survivors of the Holocaust, critics say it won't be enough. Many survivors now are in their 80's and have health problems. There are calls for money that is earmarked for memorials and education programs to go instead directly to those who suffered.
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This question came to the fore at a press conference in Manhattan on 19 June 2001 when reparation cheques for slave labour were handed over to a number of ageing Holocaust survivors. One recipient, Mendel Rosenfeld, was forced to spend the war digging tunnels under the Austrian Alps to protect German munitions factories. He observed, 'There’s no such thing as money that can pay for what I went through in my life.' Another, Jaime Rothman, who survived Auschwitz, said simply, 'It’s not justice.' He added, 'Whenever you touch the subject and you put the money and the suffering together, it’s not the way to do it.'
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Rabbi Singer and members of his family, who are on the payroll of Reparations organizations, make hundreds of thousands of dollars in their efforts to win money for Holocaust Survivors. According to the author, Rabbi Singer is so manipulative, hypocritical and downright dishonest that he literally belongs in jail.
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Eitan told Haaretz that the original reparations agreement, the Luxembourg Agreement, did not take into account many issues relating to Holocaust survivors and should therefore be reopened. That agreement stipulated that Germany would give Israel $833 million in money and merchandise, and Israel would look after the survivors, who would not be permitted to sue Germany directly.
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Only a fraction of Holocaust reparation programs have started distributing money. The WJC estimated that when all agreements between Holocaust survivors and Europe and its industries are combined, they will total nearly $9 billion.
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