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Barak-Erez, D. (2024). 'Reparations for Holocaust Survivors – Searching for Justice in Israel and Germany' In E. Hilgendorf, (Ed.), Law in Times of Crisis (1st ed., pp. 21-40)
Barak-Erez, Daphne. "Reparations for Holocaust Survivors – Searching for Justice in Israel and Germany". Law in Times of Crisis, edited by Eric Hilgendorf, Duncker & Humblot, 2024, pp. 21-40.
Barak-Erez, D. (2024): 'Reparations for Holocaust Survivors – Searching for Justice in Israel and Germany', in Hilgendorf, E (ed.). Law in Times of Crisis. Duncker & Humblot, pp. 21-40.
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Reparations for Holocaust Survivors – Searching for Justice in Israel and Germany

Barak-Erez, Daphne

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Duncker & Humblot
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https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-58941-8.2023.21
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20

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Daphne Barak-Erez

Barak-Erez, Daphne, Justice Prof. Dr., Supreme Court of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Daphne Barak-Erez: Reparations for Holocaust Survivors – Searching for Justice in Israel and Ge‍rmany 21
I. Introduction 21
1. The Reparations Agreement and Israeli Legislation 23
2. The Moral and Political Controversy over the Reparations Agreement 25
3. The Legal Questions: Recognized and Unrecognized History for the Purposes of the Law 27
4. Additional Reparations to Holocaust Survivors and Other Victims of Nazi Germany 31
II. Reparations from Germany and Social Justice in Israel 33
III. The Legal Challenge and the Shortcomings of Law 34
IV. Conclusion 37
Bibliography 37

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