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The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of HumanitiesThe Graduate School of Historical Studies

Minerva Institute for German HistoryProceedings will be held in English

Abstracts of the papers which will be presentedat the workshop can be found online:

http://www.tau.ac.il/GermanHistory/events_forth.html

R e g i s t r a t i o n

Attendance at the workshop is limited and subjectto prior registration, specifying name, affiliation,

tel./fax no. and e-mail address, and relevantsessions, to:

Minerva Institute for German HistoryTel: 03-6409731Fax: 03-6409464

hisgerm@post.tau.ac.il

I n t e r n a t i o n a l W o r k s h o p

Compensation for HolocaustSurvivors from Today’s PerspectiveA German-Israeli Research Dialogue

November 21-23, 2005Tel Aviv UniversityDrachlis Hall (496), Gilman Building

German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development

List of Participants

José Brunner, Tel Aviv University

Nadav Davidovitch, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Eva Dwertmann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Amit Erdinast-Ron, Tel Aviv University

Gali Eshet, Tel Aviv University

Martin Feyen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Norbert Frei, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Constantin Goschler, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Yeshayahu Jelinek, Beer Sheva

Christine Kausch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Britta Korten, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Matthias Langrock, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Gilad Margalit, University of Haifa

Kristina Meyer, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Miriam Rieck, University of Haifa

Ariela Sabag, Tel Aviv University

Svetlana Shenkar, Haifa

Boris Spernol, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Nathan Sznaider, Academic College Tel Aviv-Yafo

Ehud Toledano, Tel Aviv University

Henning Tümmers, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Rakefet Zalashik, Tel Aviv University

Moshe Zimmermann, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ronald Zweig, New York University

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Monday, November 21

9:00 GreetingsEhud Toledano, Director,Graduate School of Historical Studies

IntroductionJosé Brunner, Director,Minerva Institute for German History

9:30-13:00 (Break included)

Session ILegal Practitioners: Establishing and ApplyingFrameworks for Compensation in Germany and Israel

Amit Erdinast-Ron, Tel AvivOn the Duality of the Israeli Legislation forCompensation of Disabled Nazi Victims

Matthias Langrock, JenaKarl W. and Käte W.: Claimants and Lawyers in theProcess of Wiedergutmachung

Eva Dwertmann, Berlin/Tel AvivRevival of Closed Files: The Implementation of the“Ghetto Pension Law of 2002”

15:00-18:00 (Break included)Session IIMedical Experts: The Role of Health Evaluations in theCompensation Procedures

Miriam Rieck, HaifaInterview, Expert Opinion, Publication: Three Levelsof Psychiatric Expert Discourse on TraumatizedHolocaust Survivors

Gali Eshet, Tel AvivConflicts Encountered by Israeli Psychiatrists inEvaluating Holocaust Survivors for Compensation

Rakefet Zalashik, Tel AvivVoices of Survivors, Experts and Administrators inthe Files of Israeli Health Claimants in Düsseldorf

Tuesday, November 22

10:00-12:00 (Break included)Session IIIThe Boundaries of Compensation: Attitudes towards“Problematic” Claimants in Germany - Part I

Martin Feyen, BochumCompensation for Destroyed Love?Wiedergutmachung in Cases of “Rassenschande”

Henning Tümmers, BochumWiedergutmachung and “Volksschädlinge”:Compensation for so-called “Kriminelle”, “Asoziale”and Prostitutes in the Federal Republic of Germany

14:00-16:00Session IVThe Boundaries of Compensation: Attitudes towards“Problematic” Claimants in Germany - Part II

Gilad Margalit, HaifaThe Role of Prejudices in theGerman CompensationPolicy towards Gypsy Victimsof Nazi Persecution

Boris Spernol, BochumBetween Wiedergutmachungand Exclusion: The Case ofMarcel Frenkel

18:00-21:00Film Screening and Round Table DiscussionCompensation for Holocaust Survivors – Past, Presentand Future Research Trends

Bnei Zion Auditorium, Beth Hatefutsoth, Ramat Aviv

Wednesday, November 23

9:30-13:00 (Break included)Session VThe Claimants - Part I: German Perspectives onStruggles for Compensation

Christine Kausch,BochumA Tale of TwoJewish Families

Kristina Meyer, JenaWiedergutmachungfor SocialDemocratic Victimsof Nazism in WestGermany

Britta Korten, BochumEugen Gerstenmaier’s Resignation - Legal vs. MoralAspects of the Compensation Claim of a PublicFigure

15:00-18:30 (Break included)Session VIThe Claimants - Part II: Israeli Perspectives on Strugglesfor Compensation

Ariela Sabag, Tel AvivDebates on Compensation in Kibbutzim:Case Studies

Svetlana Shenkar, HaifaHow Israeli Claimants from the ex-Soviet UnionExperience Their Compensation Procedures

Nadav Davidovitch, Beer ShevaRecalling the Survivors: Compensation and Memoryof Hospitalized Holocaust Survivors in Israel