JEWISH POST-WAR CLAIMS

[First Demand for Reparations to Jews] Moses, Siegfried

Published by Tel Aviv, Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa, 1944

1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 89 pages, 16 cm. The first separate publication of a demand for Nazi reparations to the Jews. In July 1943, long before the war ended, Siegfried Moses coined the term "reparations" in relation to claims of Jewish citizens against the German state. He published an article on the restitution demands of Jews in the bulletin of the "Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa", Tel Aviv; they publish here those proposals as a separate work. For the first time, Moses proposed that a State can commit an injustice, for which it must then compensate the civilian population which suffered under that injustice. This legal opinion was later the basis for reparations by the Federal Republic of Germany. Siegfried Moses (1887-1974) was a German-Israeli lawyer and the first state comptroller of Israel. After the Nazi seizure of power, he helped German Jews transfer assets to Palestine. From 1933 on he was also chairman of the Zionist Federation of Germany (ZVfD) and Vice President of the Reich Association of German Jews. In 1937 Moses himself fled to Palestine; then in 1941 he wrote (together with fellow German emigre Walter Schwarz) the text of the 1941 Palestinian Income Tax Act. In 1947 Moses was a member of the delegation of the Jewish Agency at the United Nations and in 1949, he became the first state comptroller Israel (Chief of Court) . In 1956-1957, he was also President of the "Council of Jews from Germany", the official association of Israelis of German origin. In 1955 he co-founded the Leo Baeck Institute, serving as its director, and was on the advisory board of the United Restitution Organization in Israel (Wikipedia). The 1987 West German Bundestag draft law on reparations is based on Moses' proposals. SUBJECT(S): Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) -- Germany. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Juifs. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Reparations -- Claims. History -- Post war problems -- Reparations for historical injustices. OCLC: 655159. Bookplate, Ex-library with usual marks, including label on title page, otherwise Very Good Condition. Very Important. (holo2-126-34*-BDPCC-'elx). Seller Inventory # 42840

Bibliographic Details

Title: JEWISH POST-WAR CLAIMS
Publisher: Tel Aviv, Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa
Publication Date: 1944
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition