Abstract∞

Why, once governments decide to pay reparations, do they fulfill their reparations promises to some groups and not to others? I argue that the organizational capacity of a victim group helps explain which groups receive reparations. I develop this argument through an in-depth case study of the postwar experience of German Sinti and Roma, supported by archival and interview data. I show that organized victim groups received reparations from the West German government in the 1950s, while Romani Germans, who did not organize until the late 1970s, were largely and deliberately excluded from receiving reparations payments until 1981, when the West German government created a reparations fund to benefit Romani German survivors. I show that this policy change cannot be understood without considering the efforts of Romani organizations.

中文翻译：

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有偿付款方式：解释西德赔偿政策中的受害者群体差异

摘要∞

为什么政府一旦决定支付赔偿金，为什么会履行对某些团体而不是对其他团体的赔偿承诺？我认为受害群体的组织能力有助于解释哪些群体获得了赔偿。在档案和访谈数据的支持下，我通过对德国辛蒂和罗姆人战后经历的深入案例研究，提出了这种观点。我表明，有组织的受害者团体在1950年代从西德政府那里获得了赔偿，而直到1970年代末才组织起来的罗曼人德国人在很大程度上被故意排除在1981年西德政府创建赔偿之前不接受赔偿。基金使罗曼尼德国幸存者受益。我表明，如果不考虑罗姆人组织的努力，就无法理解这一政策变化。