reparations
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It has been promoted as a means of bringing people together in the shared story of their traumatic past, with "reparations" quite literally focussing on "repair" at a very human level.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Except for the part about reparations, the demands restated some of the 14 articles in the memorandum of understanding signed by U.S. and Iranian negotiators in mid-June.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
San Francisco, Detroit and other cities have considered reparations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The war ended in 1945, but questions surrounding reparations, expellees, prisoners of war and borders would complicate relations between Moscow and the two Germanies for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The German people also had to pay an enormous sum of money, called reparations, for war damages.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
