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.

German government rejects Polish demand for WWII reparations

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

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.

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