''A Mutual Responsibility and a Moral Obligation'': The Final Report on Germany's Compensation Programs for Forced Labor and Other Personal Injuries

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Preface by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”......Page 14
From Forced Labor in Nazi Germany to the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”......Page 16
I. From work-motivated migration to racism and extermination......Page 19
II. Postponement and return of the compensation question......Page 37
III. Establishment of the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”......Page 49
Final Report on the Compensation Programs Carried Out by the “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” Foundation......Page 88
I. An Overview of the Federal Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”......Page 92
II. The payment program for forced laborers......Page 115
III. Other personal injuries......Page 127
IV. Property claims......Page 130
V. Insurance claims......Page 132
VI. Humanitarian funds......Page 137
VII. Financial management in the Foundation......Page 141
VIII. Conclusion of payment program for forced labor, insurance losses and “other personal injuries”......Page 145
IX. Use of residual funds......Page 146
X. The Remembrance and Future Fund......Page 147
Portraits of Former Forced Laborers......Page 152
Philomena Franz (Juri Durkot)......Page 154
Vladimir Naumov (Alexander Sosnowski)......Page 158
Yefim Gorin (Sabine Brandes)......Page 162
Karl Pajuk (Vera von Wolffersdorff)......Page 165
Marian Siewiera (Gabriele Lesser)......Page 168
Annex......Page 172
Statement by Federal President Johannes Rau concerning the agreement on the level of Foundation funding for compensation of the victims of forced labor, issued on December 17, 1999, in Bellevue Palace, Berlin......Page 174
The Law on the Creation of a Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”......Page 175
Announcement of the German-American Agreement concerning the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”......Page 186
1. Statistics on the Funding Ceilings Defined by the Foundation Establishment Act......Page 210
2. Statistics on the Payments to Former Forced Laborers and their Legal Heirs......Page 212
3. Statistics on the Payments to Former Forced Laborers and their Legal Heirs by Country......Page 213
4. Statistics on Payments Within the Ceiling for “Other Personal Injury”......Page 223
5. Statistics on the Payments for Property Claims by Country......Page 224
6. Statistics on Compensation for Holocaust-Era Life Insurance Policies......Page 225
Members of the Board of Trustees......Page 226
Members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors......Page 228
Partner organizations and other organizations......Page 229
The Authors......Page 230
Photography Credits......Page 231