| Description |
1 online resource (x, 270 pages) |
| Contents |
1 Introduction -- 2 War's End and Blueprints for a New World Order; The Battle for Peace: Postwar Planning; Changing Perceptions: The DP Problem; Reparations in Paris. -- 3 France: The Dialectics of Suffering and Sacrifice; Marcel Paul's File; Restoration of the Republican Order; Combatants without Weapons: A Genealogy of French Reparations; The Moral Grammar of Redress; Compensation Practices; Réparations à la française -- 4 Germany: Hitler's Many Victims and the Survivors of Nazi Persecution; The Struggle against Hitler's Demon in the Transition Period; Under Allied Auspices: The Foundations of German Reparations; Victimhood Inflation and the Politics of Amnesty and Integration; The Tide is Turning: Munich -- Luxembourg -- London; Behind Paragraphs and Figures: Reparations Praxis; Typical Nazi Wrongs: An Emerging Concept; German "Guilt Management" -- 5 Switzerland: Neutralizing the Past; Neutral Obligations? Swiss Participation in the Postwar Settlement; How to Deal with These Atrocity Files? ; The Swiss Compensation Regime ; Addressing State Responsibility ; "Self-Infliction": A Zero-Sum Game ; Fragmenting the Past -- 6 Conclusion -- Talking about Victimization: A European Model |
| Summary |
"Reparations of Nazi Victims in Postwar Europe traces reparations back to their origins in the final years of the Second World War, when victims of Nazi persecution for the first time articulated demands for indemnification en masse. Simultaneous appearance of claims in New York, London, Paris and Tel Aviv exemplified the birth of a new standard in political morality. Across Europe, the demand for compensation to individuals who suffered severe harm gained momentum. Despite vast differences in their experiences of mass victimisation, post-war societies developed similar patterns in addressing victims' claims. Regula Ludi chronicles the history of reparations from a comparative and trans-national perspective. This book explores the significance of reparations as a means to provide victims with a language to express their unspeakable suffering in a politically meaningful way"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Claims.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe.
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Reparations for historical injustices -- Europe
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War victims -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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War reparations
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Claims
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Reparations for historical injustices
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War victims -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Herstelbetalingen.
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Nationaal-socialisme.
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Oorlogsslachtoffers.
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Europe
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Europa (geografie)
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| Genre/Form |
Claims
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139549868 |
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1139549863 |
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9781139161862 |
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1139161865 |
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1283610655 |
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9781283610650 |
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