One fascinating study of Israelis who received reparations from Germany found that those who received the biggest payments spent very little of the money, while those who received small payments spent it all.
"To this day, Greece remains the only country in Europe that never received reparations from Germany," added the former MP, who has long headed the National Council for the Reclamation of German Debt.
The renovation of the house cost about $300,000, and the Segals said they could afford to do it only with substantial financial help from Mrs. Segal's father, who received reparations from Germany for the murders of his mother and sister in concentration camps.
But they will not formally apologize, as African countries demand, or agree that Africans and black Americans should automatically receive reparations for past suffering.
Promises that the women would receive reparations have similarly never materialised, despite the court authorising compensation.
George Reissfelder, for his part, never received reparations for the time he spent in prison (a compensation bill proposed in the Massachusetts legislature failed in committee).
However, she said at least 3,660 communities should receive reparations.
Mrs. Daroczi noted that her Jewish mother-in-law, deported as a teenager to a Nazi concentration camp in Austria, had received reparations and pensions from Austria and Germany.
He dove into his history, helped found a nongovernmental organization dedicated to remembering the human rights violations that took place during the dictatorship, and received reparations in 2009.
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