Compensation in Practice

The Foundation 'Remembrance, Responsibility and Future' and the Legacy of Forced Labour during the Third Reich
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-637-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Founded in 2000, the German Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” is one of the largest transitional justice initiatives in history: in cooperation with its international partner organizations, it has to date paid over 4 billion euros to nearly 1.7 million survivors of forced labour during the Nazi Era. This volume provides an unparalleled look at the Foundation’s creation, operations, and prospects after nearly two decades of existence, with valuable insights not just for historians but for a range of scholars, professionals, and others involved in human rights and reconciliation efforts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goschler, Constantin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Foreword

Günter Saathoff

Introduction

Constantin Goschler

Chapter 1. The Long Shadow Cast by Nazi Forced Labour: Changing Concepts of Compensation and Definitions of Persecutees since 1945

Henning Borggräfe


Chapter 2. The Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” 1999–2007:
The Final Chapter of Compensation for Nazi Injustice?

Benno Nietzel

Chapter 3. The Jewish Claims Conference and Compensation for Nazi Forced Labour 1951–2008

Benno Nietzel

Chapter 4. Compensating the Rest of the World. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Paul Erker

Chapter 5. The Forced Labourer Payments Programme in Poland: Practices and Perceptions

Michael G. Esch

Chapter 6. Compensation for Forced Labourers in the Czech Republic

Stephanie Zloch

Chapter 7. “We Cannot Allow the Words of Apology to Sound only on Gravestones”: Forced Labourer Compensation in the Ukraine

Julia Landau

Chapter 8. Compensation for Nazi Forced Labour in Post-Soviet Russia and Belarus

Tanja Penter

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Goschler, Constantin
Constantin Goschler is a Professor of Modern History at the Ruhr-University Bochum whose main research interests are transitional justice, security and surveillance studies, and biopolitics. His publications include a number of books on the history of compensation for Nazi victims, among them Robbery and Restitution: The Conflict over Jewish Property in Europe (Berghahn 2007).