what were reparations
Finally, as the crisis got worse, in 1932, the Allies ended reparations. Reparations were the payments required by the Treaty of Versailles, by which Germany had to pay to repair all the damage of the war. To the victors, it seemed fair. Germany had caused and in Clause 231 had accepted the blame for the war. So German should pay for the damage.
1 The claim for reparations is not against white Americans or even individual Americans. 2  It is a claim against American government and society, which has continued from the time of slavery. 3  As all members of society share in society's benefits, they also must share the burdens in the form of taxation.