TY - BOOK AU - BACHLIETNER Kathrin TI - The path to atonement: West Germany and Israel after the holocaust PY - 2023/// KW - GERMANY KW - ISRAEL KW - WORLD WAR 2 KW - POLITICS N2 - Atonement is a state practice that comprises an official political apology and the offer of reparation payments to former victims of mass atrocities, war crimes, and human rights abuses. Despite being considered the moral and right thing to do, atonement has occurred only once at the state level: between West Germany and Israel in 1952 ER -