Compensation in practice : the foundation 'Remembrance, Responsibility and Future' and the legacy of forced labour during the Third Reich / edited by Constantin Goschler ; in collaboration with Jose Brunner, Krzysztof Ruhniewicz and Philipp Ther.
"The present English-language study, based on a previous, more comprehensive German edition comprising four volumes, was therefore not commissioned by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future", but written according to the academic methods and criteria of the above-mentioned research group. It is, then, the product of an independent research project made possible by funding from the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future"."--ECIP Foreword. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Constantin Goschler -- The long shadow cast by Nazi forced labour : changing concepts of compensation and definitions of persecutees since 1945 / Henning Borggra˜fe -- The foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" 1999-2007 : the final chapter of compensation for Nazi injustice? / Benno Nietzel -- The Jewish Claims Conference and compensation for Nazi forced labour 1951-2008 / Benno Nietzel -- Compensating the rest of the world : the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) / Paul Erker -- The forced labourer payments programme in Poland : practices and perceptions / Michael Esch -- Compensation for forced labourers in the Czech Republic / Stephanie Zloch -- "We cannot allow the words of apology to sound only on gravestones" : forced labourer compensation in the Ukraine / Julia Landau -- Compensation for Nazi forced labour in post-Soviet Russia and Belarus / Tanja Penter -- .
Summary:
"The present English-language study, based on a previous, more comprehensive German edition comprising four volumes, was therefore not commissioned by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future", but written according to the academic methods and criteria of the above-mentioned research group. It is, then, the product of an independent research project made possible by funding from the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future"."--ECIP Foreword.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.