How to accept German reparations.
TitelHow to accept German reparations.
Auteur
Call number940.531422/0013
Objectnummer09144
Plaats van uitgavePhiladelphia, Pennyslvania, United States
UitgeverUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
Jaar van uitgave
2014
Pagina'sx,373p.,index,bibliography
MateriaalBoek
ISBN9780812246063
Beschrijving
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'?