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"German Reparations and the Jewish World has become a standard reference work since it was first published. Based extensively on archival sources, the author examines the difficult debate within the Jewish world over whether it was possible to reach a material settlement with Germany so soon after Auschwitz. Concentrating on how the money was spent in rebuilding Jewish life, he also analyzes how the reparations payments transformed the relations between Israel and the diaspora, and between different Jewish political and ideological groups. This revised and expanded edition includes material on sensitive relief programs from archives that have only recently been opened to researchers. In a new, extensive introductory essay Ron Zweig re-examines the reparations, restitution and indemnification processes from the perspective of 50 years later."--Jacket

The movement of Jewish refugees from the German Third Reich in the 1930s & Palestinian refugees from Israel, 1947/48, entailed the abandonment of large amounts of commercial & individual assets. Here, the use of abandoned material assets as a source of finance for rehabilitation & resettlement, & as a means toward reconciling the opposing parties, is examined. Principles evolved by Jewish voluntary agencies in the German-Jewish reparations process of redistributing restituted assets according to the needs of the wider community, & Israeli policy on the restitution of Palestinian property, might be of direct relevance in the rehabilitation of other refugee communities. Similarly, the concept of heirless property disbursed by successor organizations, & the supervisory role of international relief agencies over the operating role of voluntary agencies, are also of wider relevance. 14 References. Adapted from the source document.

The essays collected here investigate Rabbi Silver's Zionist political leadership, his impact on American Judaism, ideological orientation and relations with the leaders of the Palestine Jewish community, World Zionist Organization and the Jewish State