How to accept German reparations.
TitleHow to accept German reparations.
Author
Call number940.531422/0013
Object number09144
Place of publicationPhiladelphia, Pennyslvania, United States
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionx,373p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN9780812246063
Description
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. At the same time, indemnification provoke a number of difficult questions about how suffering and loss can be measured. How much is an individual life worth? How much or what kind of violence merits compensation? What is 'financial pain,' and what does it mean to monetize 'concentration camp survivor syndrome'?