Right to Reparations
The Claims Conference and Holocaust Survivors, 1951-1964
1st Edition
Published on 7. July 2021
224 pages
978-1-9787-9775-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the early years of the Claims Conference, the organization which lobbies for and distributes reparations to Holocaust survivors, and its operations as a nongovernmental actor promoting reparative justice in global politics. Rachel Blumenthal traces the founding of the organization by one person, and its continued campaign for the payment of compensation to survivors after Israel left the negotiations. This book explores the degree to which the leadership entity served individual victims of the Third Reich, the Jewish public, or member organizations.
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Rachel Blumenthal is a lawyer and a historian. She is a fellow at the Avraham Harman Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Content
List of Illustrations.................................................................................
Acknowledgments..................................................................................
Abbreviations.......................................................................................
A Note on Translations..............................................................................
Introduction.........................................................................................
1: Failure of Early Demands for Reparations and a New Form of Transnational Activism.............................................................................................
2: Who Speaks for the Jews on Reparations? The Genesis of the Claims Conference.........................................................................................
3: From Temporary Committees to a Permanent Institution - Change of Mandate to Ensure Immortality......................................................................................
4: Reparations for Victims? Formulation of a Policy to Strengthen the Alliance.............................................................................................
5: Power Begets Power: Inclusion and Exclusion.............................................
6: Internal Operations - Organizational Logic and Experts..........................................
7: Chief Spokesman for Reparations - A Non-State Actor in the World of International Relations...................................................................................
Acknowledgments..................................................................................
Abbreviations.......................................................................................
A Note on Translations..............................................................................
Introduction.........................................................................................
1: Failure of Early Demands for Reparations and a New Form of Transnational Activism.............................................................................................
2: Who Speaks for the Jews on Reparations? The Genesis of the Claims Conference.........................................................................................
3: From Temporary Committees to a Permanent Institution - Change of Mandate to Ensure Immortality......................................................................................
4: Reparations for Victims? Formulation of a Policy to Strengthen the Alliance.............................................................................................
5: Power Begets Power: Inclusion and Exclusion.............................................
6: Internal Operations - Organizational Logic and Experts..........................................
7: Chief Spokesman for Reparations - A Non-State Actor in the World of International Relations...................................................................................
