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- #661
You can’t quantify suffering imo. For one group it was the legacy of one event, for the other was a multi generational legacy. How can you quantify them? You can’t. And I heard arguments trying to marginalize the suffering and losses of one group in comparison to another, and I think it is abhorrent. It marginalizes one’s experiences and history. It’s all bad, let’s start from there.Yes, that is where I came up with my figure. Jews were paid $1700 per quarter, starting in the 80s I think (it was less than that before then), and that is what the survivors are still getting. So, that’s $6800 a year. But since the Jews suffered more than the Jim Crow survivors - not to say that being degraded to drinking out of separate fountains and going to separate, often inferior isn’t awful, but they didn’t have their families killed in front of them and starved nearly to death - I think half, or $3400 a year, tax free, would be a good place to start.
As far as the Japanese, I think - I might be wrong on the amount - that they got a lump sum payment of $20,000. That could be another starting point.
Holocaust survivors, $1700 per quarter: A guide to compensation and eligibility for Holocaust survivors
I agree with both methods as a starting point however.