Editing Konrad Adenauer (section)

==== Reparation to victims of Nazi Germany ====
Adenauer recognized the obligation of the West German government to compensate [[Israel]] for [[The Holocaust]].{{Failed verification|date=March 2021}} West Germany started negotiations with Israel for restitution of lost property and the payment of damages to victims of Nazi persecution. In the {{lang|de|[[Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany|Luxemburger Abkommen]]}}, West Germany agreed to pay compensation to Israel. Jewish claims were bundled in the [[Claims Conference|Jewish Claims Conference]], which represented the Jewish victims of Nazi Germany. West Germany then initially paid about 3 billion [[Deutsche Mark|Mark]] to Israel and about 450 million to the Claims Conference, although payments continued after that, as new claims were made.<ref name=bpb>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bpb.de/publikationen/JNSEQM,0,0,Wiedergutmachung.html |title=Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung – Wiedergutmachung |access-date=30 September 2011 |archive-date=10 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410071957/http://www.bpb.de/publikationen/JNSEQM,0,0,Wiedergutmachung.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the face of severe opposition both from the public and from his own cabinet, Adenauer was only able to get the reparations agreement ratified by the ''Bundestag'' with the support of the SPD.<ref name="Moeller, Robert pages 26-27">Moeller, Robert ''War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany'', Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2001 pages 26–27.</ref> Israeli public opinion was divided over accepting the money, but ultimately the fledgling state under [[David Ben-Gurion]] agreed to take it, opposed by political parties such as [[Herut]], who were against such treaties.