Reparations

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and local resident Lesley Williams/

The case for reparations, according to two Jews living in the first American city to offer them

Lesley Williams is a Black Jewish activist whose father was denied housing in Evanston because of the color of his skin. Daniel Biss, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor who received reparations from Germany, is Evanston’s mayor.

By Asaf Elia-Shalev and Philissa Cramer October 29, 2021 12:50 pm

German government rejects Polish demand for WWII reparations

Several Polish ministers have estimated that reparations from Germany should run as high as $1 trillion.

September 10, 2017 3:04 pm

It’s complicated: Germany and Israel mark golden anniversary as friends

Timeline: Highlights from 50 years of relations — from Abba Eban’s historic visit to Bonn to Israeli fears of a reunited Germany to this summer’s planned Maccabi Games in Berlin.

May 7, 2015 4:23 pm