How to Accept German Reparations

by Susan Slyomovics

Book Overview

In a landmark process that transformed global reparations after the Holocaust, Germany created the largest sustained redress program in history, amounting to more than $60 billion. When human rights violations are presented primarily in material terms, acknowledging an indemnity claim becomes one way for a victim to be recognized. At the same time, indemnifications provoke a number of difficult questions about how suffering and loss can be measured:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812246063
• ISBN13: 9780812246063
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"