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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 115

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the inadequacy of German

reparations for Holocaust survivors living in the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 17, 1995

Mr. YATES submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred

to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the inadequacy of German reparations for Holocaust survivors

living in the United States.

Whereas there are more than 125,000 Holocaust survivors

living in the United States,

Whereas, after the end of World War II, the Federal Republic of Germany instituted reparations programs for those

individuals who miraculously survived the German Nazi

cruelty and brutality; and

Whereas such reparations have been woefully inadequate in

providing the Holocaust survivors with compensation

commensurate with the unimaginable damage and suffering that they sustained;
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Whereas, while many Holocaust survivors receive reparations,

such payments have been small;

Whereas thousands of other Holocaust survivors living in the

United States have been paid no reparations at all;

Whereas Germany seeks to bring about a conclusion to the

payment of reparations, even though Holocaust survivors

have been paid little or nothing and continue to suffer

physically and emotionally;

Whereas Holocaust survivors had no significant role in the

original, or in most subsequent, negotiations with Germany regarding reparations;

Whereas Holocaust survivors residing in the United States

did not previously apply for, or were refused, reparations

are in dire need of medical, material, and other help to

alleviate the consequences of their persecution under the

German Nazi regime;

Whereas many Holocaust survivors are excluded from reparations under current programs because of the onerous eligibility requirements imposed by the Government of Germany;

Whereas the definition of a concentration camp, and the duration of imprisonment, required for Article 2 Hardship

Fund payments should be made more inclusive, as large

groups of Holocaust survivors now living in the United

States, including Jews from Hungary, are excluded from

reparations because their confinement does not satisfy

the definitions imposed by Germany;

Whereas the Government of Germany can and should do

much more to compensate these victims of the German

Nazi horror: Now, therefore, be it
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1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the

3 President of the United States should—

4 (1) convey to the Government of the Federal

5 Republic of Germany the deep concern of the Gov6 ernment of the United States regarding the onerous

7 eligibility requirements imposed by Germany on the

8 payment of reparations for Holocaust survivors liv9 ing in the United States; and

10 (2) urge the Government of the Federal Repub11 lic of Germany to take all actions necessary to en12 sure that fair and full reparations will be expedi13 tiously paid to all Holocaust survivors living in the

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