The plunder of Jewish property during the Holocaust : confronting European history /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, 2001.
Description:	xii, 355 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Europe. Jewish property -- Europe -- History -- 20th century. Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century. Jews -- Europe -- Claims. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) -- Germany. Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices. Confiscations. Jewish property. Jews -- Claims. Europe. Germany. Switzerland. Claims. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4451883

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Other authors / contributors:	Beker, Avi.
ISBN:	0814798675 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Edgar M. Bronfman and Israel Singer
1. Introduction: Unmasking National Myths - Europeans Challenge their History / Avi Beker
2. The Inexplicable Behaviour of States / Stuart E. Eizenstat
3. Estimating Jewish Wealth / Sidney Jay Zabludoff
4. The Holocaust, 'Thefticide' and Restitution: a Legal Perspective / Irwin Cotler
5. Defrosting History: the Restitution of Jewish Property in Eastern Europe / Laurence Weinbaum
6. A Commentary on Europe's Looted Gold, 1938-45 / Arthur L. Smith, Jr.
7. German Assets in Switzerland at the End of the Second World War / Sidney Jay Zabludoff
8. Why was Switzerland Singled Out? A Case of Belated Justice / Avi Beker
9. The Great Culture Robbery: the Plunder of Jewish-Owned Art / Hector Feliciano
10. France and the Burdens of Vichy / Shmuel Trigano
11. Quiet Collusion: Sweden's Financial Links to Nazi Germany / Sven Fredrik Hedin and Goran Elgemyr
12. 'Ex-Enemy Jews': the Fate of the Assets of Holocaust Victims and Survivors in Britain / Stephen Ward and Ian Locke
13. The Norwegian Moral and Material Statement: White Paper No. 82 to the Storting / Norwegian Ministry of Justice
14. Austria: the Evasion of Responsibility / Itamar Levine
15. Franco's Spain: Willing, Unwanted Ally of Nazi Germany / Cesar Vidal
16. Portugal's Double Game: Between the Nazis and the Allies / Antonio Luca
17. The Robbery of Dutch Jews and Postwar Restitution / Gerard Aalders
18. Italy: Aspects of the Unbeautiful Life / Furio Moroni
19. The Vatican and the Shoah: Unanswered Questions of Material Complicity / Arieh Doobov
20. Confiscation in Belgium: Diamonds and other Jewish Properties / Viviane Teitelbaum-Hirsch.

The plunder of Jewish property during the Holocaust : confronting European history /

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