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.
‘Glorious’ Hero or ‘Deplorable’ Traitor? Pétain’s Legacy Haunts French Island
Philippe Pétain, who led France to victory in World War I and then collaborated with the Nazis, is buried on a small island, where his grave is the site of bitter debates over his legacy.
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.
Olaf Scholz, Germany’s Chancellor, Faces Critics on Nearly Every Side
After eight months in office, Olaf Scholz is still struggling to find his footing, drawing questions over a tax scandal and criticism of his response to a Holocaust remark made at his side.
Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target in Ukraine.
President Vladimir V. Putin knows that Ukraine’s fate, its access to the sea and its grain exports hinge on Odesa. Without it, the country shrivels to a landlocked rump state.
Palestinian Leader Accused Israel of ‘50 Holocausts,’ Causing an Uproar
Facing international condemnation, the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, later walked back the remarks he had made at a news conference in Berlin.
Zofia Posmysz, Who Wrote of Life in Concentration Camps, Dies at 98
Her radio play, “The Passenger in Cabin 45,” became a novel that was translated into 15 languages, a movie and an acclaimed opera.
Italy Salutes a War Hero and the Values He Fought For
Mario Fiorentini, Italy’s most decorated resistance fighter, died at age 103 this week, and his mourners want his legacy to live on.
A French University Confronts Medical Crimes and Its Nazi Past
A report on the University of Strasbourg’s takeover by Nazis during World War II and on medical crimes they committed there sheds light on a period that had been mostly scrubbed from official memory.