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This paper examines the reparations and restitutions that the German government and businesses are trying to make to victims of the Holocaust and their family. Also included is a discussion of the Swiss bank controversy and the fact that reparations are not going as well as they should. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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situation of repartitions - which is actually in process - involves the repayment of money to slave laborers and even reparations to Holocaust victims and their families. While it is
difficult to repay for lives lost, German companies, through various allocations, are doing their best to right the wrongs that their companies committed during the 1930s and 1940s.
On March 23, 2000, negotiators finally agreed on how to allocate money from a $5 billion fund that was developed with the help of
German industry and the German government to compensate Nazi-era slaves and forced laborers (Agreement Reached on Distribution of Funds for Slave Laborers, 2002). It was agreed that $4 billion would
be used to compensate the slaves and forced labor victims, with another $500 million used to cover claims for property, bank accounts and insurance policies stolen by the Nazis (Agreement
Reached on Distribution of Funds for Slave Laborers, 2002). An additional $350 million will be used for a foundation go sponsor research and educational products around the theme of Nazi
labor (Agreement Reached on Distribution of Funds for Slave Laborers, 2002). Under the deal that was decided, those people who were put to work in concentration camps and who were
expected to die while doing their jobs would receive up to $7,500 each, while forced laborers who worked in the factories, could receive up to $2,500 each (Agreement Reached on
Distribution of Funds for Slave Laborers, 2002). Part of the reason why Germany is so eager to make reparations is to find
a quick settlement to the lawsuits that seek reparations for wartime acts (Vincent, 2002). Holocaust victims have been working for years to have banks in Switzerland release assets that were
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