Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany

The Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Luxemburger Abkommen, "Luxembourg Agreement", or Wiedergutmachungsabkommen, "Wiedergutmachung Agreement";[1] Hebrew: הסכם השילומים, romanizedHeskem HaShillumim, "Reparations Agreement") was signed on September 10, 1952, and entered in force on March 27, 1953.[2] According to the Agreement, West Germany was to pay Israel for the costs of "resettling so great a number of uprooted and destitute Jewish refugees" after the war, and to compensate individual Jews, via the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, for losses in Jewish livelihood and property resulting from Nazi persecution.[3]

  1. ^ "Zusammenfassung Abkommen zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und dem Staate Israel [Wiedergutmachungsabkommen], 10. September 1952 / Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB, München)". 100(0) Schlüsseldokumente zur russischen und sowjetischen Geschichte (1917-1991) (in German). Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ^ Honig, F.: The Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany, American Journal of International Law 48(4), October 1954. URL last accessed 2006-12-13.
  3. ^ Agreement between the State of Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesanzeiger Verlag