2002: Slovakia’s surviving Jews asks Germany for compensation

A group representing Slovakia’s surviving Jews asks Germany for compensation for deporting 57,000 Slovak Jews to Nazi death camps in 1942 with one-way tickets that were paid for with their own property.  Germany refuses, contending that the Slovak state, not Nazi Germany, deported the Jews and that the Jews who died did not appoint the current Jewish community to collect damages.

To: 
Slovakia’s surviving Jews
From: 
Germany
Year of Apology: 
2002
Footnote: 
Green, Peter S. “Slovakia’s Surviving Jews Demand Compensation From Germany.” New York Times. November 16, 2002.