A few Germans and Israelis are cautiously exploring possible compensation options. The secret contacts are followed by months of negotiations, official and tough. But shortly before the meeting between the survivors of the terror and the country’s political leaders, the scandal threatens. – No, this is not about September 5, 2022. The sentences do not refer to the planned memorial for the eleven Israelis who fell into the violence of a Palestinian commando at the Olympic Games in Munich 50 years ago and were killed, nine of them them only during the catastrophically unsuccessful attempt to free them at the Fürstenfeldbruck airfield. Rather, the description refers back two decades: to the path to the so-called reparations agreement, which Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (in his capacity as head of the Foreign Office) and Israel’s Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett signed in Luxembourg on September 10, 1952 and its 70th anniversary soon as well should be appreciated.
Column by Norbert Frei: The “compensation” 70 years ago – opinion
