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Compensating Crimes Against Humanity? The Role of Civil Society in German Reparations

Schofield, Nicolas James
http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3734-8532
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1680270273279889

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2023, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, German.
Reparations and victim reconciliation have become a popular topic in the 21st century. In the fight for apologies, compensation, and corrections for human injustices, civil society actors play a necessary role in varied facets. Through qualitative research and case study comparison, I seek to investigate the questions: How did civil society organizations fight for successful reparations from the German government? Which factors lead to a successful or satisfactory outcome, and which to failure? By using Germany as the common perpetrator and respondent among the reparations claims, the study contrasts the experience and success of civil societies in their push for financial indemnifications and reconciliation. My focus is on the Jews following the Holocaust, the Ovaherero and Nama peoples for the Namibian Genocide, and the Roma and Sinti after the Porajmos. My research found that successful victim mobilization through civil society organizations relies on a combination of factors, including support from the diaspora, government connections, international support, and solidarity among civil society organizations. Additionally, this thesis finds that the advent of the internet has become widely beneficial to victims as they organize and mobilize efforts for transitive justice.
Christina Guenther, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Scott Piroth, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Edgar Landgraf, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
85 p.
History; Holocaust Studies; Political Science
Reparations; Germany; German reparations; German compensation; transitional justice; restorative justice; Namibian Genocide; Holocaust; Luxembourg Agreements; Porajmos; CSO; civil society; civil society organization; Ida Hoffmann; Ovaherero; Nama;

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  • Schofield, N. J. (2023). Compensating Crimes Against Humanity? The Role of Civil Society in German Reparations [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1680270273279889

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schofield, Nicolas. Compensating Crimes Against Humanity? The Role of Civil Society in German Reparations. 2023. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1680270273279889.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schofield, Nicolas. "Compensating Crimes Against Humanity? The Role of Civil Society in German Reparations." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1680270273279889

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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