The Reparations Agreement Between West Germany and Israel was signed on September 10, 1952.

What we found

Supports. The Federal Finance Ministry timeline lists 10 Sept 1952 as the date the Luxembourg Agreement (Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany) was signed by Adenauer and Sharett in Luxembourg City Hall.[2]

Supports. The USHMM photo record dates the signing of the Reparations Agreement between West Germany, Israel and the Claims Committee to 1952 September 10 in Luxembourg City.[3]

Supports. AP coverage of the 70th anniversary identifies the signing ceremony in Luxembourg on September 10, 1952.[1]

Supports. Wikipedia and the Israeli National Library blog both state the agreement was signed on September 10, 1952 at Luxembourg City Hall.[4][5]

Context. The agreement entered into force in March 1953, a detail the passage also gives but which does not affect the signing date claim.[4][6]

Sources

6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated

1. 1Germany marks 70 years of compensating Holocaust survivorsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
2. 2Measures to compensate for National Socialist injusticebundesfinanzministerium.de · not rated · cited for: supports
3. 3Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museumcollections.ushmm.org · not rated · cited for: supports
4. 4Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
5. 5The Reparations Agreement of 1952 and the response ...blog.nli.org.il · not rated · cited for: supports
6. 6Germany Agrees to Pay Reparations to Israelebsco.com · not rated · cited for: context

Where this claim was made

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• The Pete Quiñones Show · Oct 10, 2026“It was formally branded the Reparations Agreement Between West Germany and Israel. It was signed on September 10th, 1952.”Post →

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• The Reparations Agreement Between West Germany and Israel entered into force in March 1953.True
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• In 1951, Israel claimed it was owed $1.5 billion by Germany for crimes against the Jewish people.True
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