having escaped it by the Kindertransport program, which had been assisted by the British Government. All parties involved agree that there is no way to "make good" to these Holocaust Survivors for the trauma they had suffered, often as very young children, when they had been separated from their parents in 1938 or 1939. Also, their extra trauma when, in 1945 or even later, nearly all of them had discovered that their parents had been murdered by the Nazis - yet this symbolic payment is an important form of official recognition for the extreme trauma they had suffered due to the Nazi Holocaust. This statement similarly applies to the symbolic payment of 2,500 Euros to Child Holocaust Survivors, negotiated by Child Survivors in 2014 - it too cannot "make good," but it is an official recognition. In fact, for any personal victimization (murder, imprisonment, slave labor, ghetto, displacement, hiding, etc.) no restitution scheme can make good - but for most of these victimization, the German Government has provided monthly continuing significant Restitution. In general, the German Government has attempted to make meaningful, if partial, restitution. Ambassador Eizenstat has written about his earlier Restitution efforts in his 2009 book Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II (2009). This has been translated into German, French, Czech and Hebrew. (See bibliography, below.) In 2013 Ambassador Eizenstat was appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as "Special Advisor for Holocaust Issues." As of 2017, he has remained in this position. Personal life He was married to the late Frances Eizenstat and has two sons and eight grandchildren. Honors Leo Baeck Medal (2013) Publications See also Christoph Meili References External links Taking on the Unfinished Business of the Twentieth Century APCO Worldwide https://www.cov.com/en/professionals/e/stuart-eizenstat |- |- |- |- |- 1943 births Ambassadors of the United States to the European Union American Jews Clinton administration personnel Harvard Law School alumni Jewish American government officials Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Living people People associated with Covington & Burling Politicians from Atlanta Politicians from Chicago Recipients of the Legion of Honour United States Under Secretaries of Commerce United States Under Secretaries of State United States Deputy Secretaries of the Treasury United States Special Envoys 20th-century American diplomats Under Secretaries of Commerce for International Trade