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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Translations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Earliest Justification for Reparations: Plunder of Jewish Property -- A Novel Form of International Activism -- Point of Divergence from Existing Literature -- Sources -- Outline -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Failure of Early Demands for Reparations and a New Form of Transnational Activism -- Jewish Demands for Reparations -- Disregard of Jewish Claims by the International Community -- Jewish Internationalism -- Precursors of the Claims Conference -- Changes in Jewish Transnationalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Who Speaks for the Jews on Reparations? : The Genesis of the Claims Conference -- Jewish Diaspora Organizations and Negotiations on Reparations -- West Germany and Representatives of World Jewry -- Israel and Its Shifting Position on Representation of a Community -- Creation of the Claims Conference -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: From Temporary Committees to a Permanent Institution: Change of Mandate to Ensure Immortality -- Temporary Negotiator and Dealmaker -- The Luxembourg Agreement and its Impact on the Claims Conference -- Transformation of the Status and Mandate of the Claims Conference -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Reparations for Victims? : Formulation of a Policy to Strengthen the Alliance -- Formulation of an Allocations Policy -- Results of the Allocation Process -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Power Begets Power: Inclusion and Exclusion -- Selection of Member Organizations of the Claims Conference -- Homogeneity of Members -- Excluded Sectors -- Entry Barriers: The Rejection of Applications to Join the Claims Conference -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Internal Operations: Organizational Logic and Experts.

Acquisition of Authority -- Allocation System Structured to Serve Members -- Policymakers and Experts -- End Beneficiaries of the Allocations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Chief Spokesman for Reparations: A Non-State Actor in the World of International Relations -- Why Was the Claims Conference the Chief Protagonist on Compensation for Holocaust Victims? -- Absence of a State Protagonist for Holocaust Survivors -- Israel and Holocaust Survivors -- Germany and the Claims Conference -- Diplomatic Activities of the Claims Conference -- A New Form of Non-State Diplomacy -- Changes in Jewish Transnational Activism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Conclusion -- German Reparations for Holocaust Survivors -- Protagonist for a Community -- A New Model of an International Organization -- Israel and the Claims Conference -- Self-Governance by an Elite -- Organizational Culture -- The Future of the Claims Conference -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book examines the early years of the Claims Conference, the organization which lobbies for and distributes reparations to Holocaust survivors, and its role as a nongovernmental actor promoting reparative justice in global politics.

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