January 9, 1976 37 ,

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Israel Paid for Rehabilitating Nazi Victims

On Sept. 20, 1945, three later interruption of the Al-
months after the end of lies' negotiations for repara-
World War II; Chaim Weiz- tions, no further develop-
mann, on behalf of the Jew- ment took place until March
ish Agency, submitted to 12, 1951, when the Israel
the governments of the foreign minister, Moshe
United States, the USSR, Sharett, submitted a note to
Britain, and France, a me- the four allied governments
morandum demanding re- which claimed global recom-
parations, restitution, and pense to the state of Israel
indemnification due the of $1,500,000,000 from the
Jewish people from Ger- German Federal Republic
(West Germany).
many.
He appealed to the Allied
According to the Ency-
Powers to include this claim
clopaedia Judaica, this
in their negotiations for re- claim was based on the fi-
rations with Germany, in nancial cost involved in
w of the "mass murder,
the rehabilitation in Israel
e human suffering, the of those who escaped or
annihilation of spiritual, survived the Nazi regime.
intellectual, and creative The financial expense in-
forces which are without curred by Israel in the ab-
parallel in the history of sorption of 500,000 Nazi
mankind."
could be covered
Due to the deadlock and victims
at $3,000 per capita.
As a result of unofficial
FACIAL HAIR
preliminary contacts, Chan-
ERMANENTLY cellor Konrad Adenauer de-
clared on Sept. 27, 1951,
REMOVED
Germany's readiness to
Eyebrows - Necklone Arms legs
compensate Israel for mate-
Recommended by Physicians
rial damage and losses and
FREE CONSULTATION
to negotiate with her and
SHIRLEY PERSIN
With representatives of
Registered Electrolocist
Diaspora Jewry. The latter
ADVANCE BUILDING
established a Conference on
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Jewish Material Claims
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against Germany in New
York in October 1951, pres-

ided over by Nahum Gold-
mann.
A resolution to enter into
direct negotiations with the
Federal Republic of Ger-
many was passed in the
Knesset by a small majority
after stormy street demon-
strations staged by the He-
rut opposition and a heated
three-day debate. The Ger-
man delegation first met
with the Israel delegation at
The Hague on March 21,
1952. The delegation of the
Claims Conference, headed
by Moses Leavitt, was in
charge of the negotiations
on individual claims for in-
demnification.
Israel reduced her claim
to $1 billion against the Fed-
eral Republic of Germany
alone. She reserved her
right to claim the balance
from East Germany
(German Democratic Re-
public), which so far has re-
fused any payments deny-
ing her responsibility for
the Nazi-crimes, the Ency-
clopaedia Judaica reports.
On Sept. 10, 1952, after
six months of negotiations,
an agreement between Is-

rael and the Federal Re-
public of Germany was
signed at Luxembourg by
Moshe Sharett and Kon-
rad Adenauer. The agree-
ment was ratified and
, came into effect on March
21, 1953, after a delay
caused by the Arab states
efforts to prevent ratifica-
tion.
The Federal Republic of
Germany undertook to pay
an amount of $850,000,000
in goods, of which $110,-
000,000 was earmarked for
allocation by the Claims
Conference. This $845,-
000,000 was to be paid in an-
nual installments over a
period of 14 years (between
April 1, 1953, and March 31,
1966). Thirty percent was to
pay for Israel's crude oil
purchases in the United
Kingdom. With the balance
of 70 percent, Israel was to
buy ferrous and nonferrous
metals, steel, chemicals, in-
dustrial and agricultural
products.
The agreement was car-
ried out by the Federal Re-
public of Germany both in
letter and in spirit. The re-

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