In 2001, a civil action lawsuit was taken by families of survivors of the Holocaust against the French government owned railroad, Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais (SNCF). This and other similar lawsuits came before U.S. courts in several states because the SNCF was bidding on contracts to build railroads in the U.S., although they had participated in Nazi Germany’s “Final Solution” by deporting 60,000+ Jews to death camps such as Auschwitz. This lawsuit and others were all dismissed from U.S. courts based on jurisdiction issues. In December 2014, the French and U.S. governments negotiated a settlement for $60 million. This paper will look at the legality of this case as well as the ethical aspect of demanding reparations from “perpetrators” who did not participate in the Holocaust and “victims” who never really experienced the Holocaust.