The Compensation Project: Reparations for Historical Wrongs in Europe after 1945 - MA

In 1952, West Germany, Israel, and the Jewish Claims Conference signed the groundbreaking Holocaust Reparations Agreement in Luxembourg. Since then, and increasingly after the end of the Cold War, the Luxembourg Agreement has served as a model for addressing past wrongs for both former victims and perpetrators of severe human rights violations. This seminar explores the negotiations that led to the Agreement, the Agreement itself, and the German-Jewish-Israeli relations that emerged from it. Additionally, the seminar examines other case studies of compensation for historical wrongs in Europe since 1945, focusing on both their theoretical and practical aspects.

Semester: 
1st semester
Offered: 
2025