The country will pay $1.2 billion, including emergency aid for Holocaust survivors in Ukraine and, for the first time, remembrance education.
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Germany Offers Special Fund for Ukrainian Holocaust Survivors
The $12 million emergency fund, part of a larger $1.2 billion reparations package, will be disbursed to 8,500 Jewish survivors in Ukraine.
50 Years After Attack at Munich Olympics, a Formal German Apology
Palestinian militants killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in 1972. Decades later Germany asked the victims’ families for forgiveness for not keeping the delegation safe.
The Long Road Ahead for Colonial Reparations
Former colonies have felt increasingly empowered to demand compensation from European powers. But even the successful efforts look like exceptions so far.
Families of Israelis Killed at Munich Olympics Plan Anniversary Boycott
The families of the athletes killed by the Black September terrorist group say that the compensation they have been offered is inadequate and will stay away from a ceremony in Munich in September.
Your Thursday Briefing
The bloody battle for Ukraine’s east.
Canada Pledges $31.5 Billion in Indigenous Child Welfare Battle
The government agreed to a landmark settlement to repair the system and compensate those families harmed by it. It potentially ends many years of litigation.
Canada and Indigenous People Settle Over Drinking Water
A court-approved settlement will compensate Indigenous people for the decades that many have lived with dirty water, and will also fund the clean up.
Boeing agrees to accept responsibility for crash of its 737 Max jet in Ethiopia.
The company will pay out successful compensation suits and allow victims’ families to file those suits in Illinois. Families agreed not to sue for punitive damages.
Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post May Cost a Man in Defamation Case
An Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds. The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands.