The diplomacy of compensation for eastern European victims of Nazi crimes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7785290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claus Hofhansel (0000-0002-6065-7210, Rhode Island College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 103-124 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644009908404570 |
| OpenAlex | W2088809637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Among victims of Nazi crimes, victims living in eastern Europe faced particularly high hurdles in gaining recognition and receiving at least minimal compensation payments from either the German government or German companies. The legal and political basis for the exclusion of eastern European claims was laid in diplomatic agreements and domestic West German legislation in the early 1950s. Thus, the Cold War played a decisive role in cementing the exclusion of eastern European victims. Yet, almost a decade after the end of the Cold War, this issue has still not been fully resolved. This can partly be explained by German fears of potentially enormous financial demands and by conflicting collective memories of the events between 1938 and 1945/46
Cold war · Compensation (psychology · Diplomacy · Economic history · Economics · Economy · German · German government · Government (linguistics · Legislation · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Payment · Political economy · Political science · Politics · European history and politics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · German History and Society · History · Law · Finance
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |