Safehaven : the Allied pursuit of Nazi assets abroad /

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Author / Creator:Lorenz-Meyer, Martin.
Imprint:Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
Description:xii, 384 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6419368
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ISBN:9780826217196
0826217192
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-365) and index.
Summary:"A detailed study of the development and collapse of the Safehaven Program initiated by the Federal Economic Administration, advocated by Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, and reluctantly supported by Britain and France that focused on averting post-World War II German aggression by investigating and confiscating German assets in neutral countries"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Hidden Battles: Economic Warfare during World War II
  • 2. The Beginnings of the Safehaven Program, 1944
  • 3. Safehaven and Reparations: Officials Disagree
  • 4. Safehaven and Reparations: The Big Three Decide
  • 5. Safehaven and Sweden in 1944 and 1945
  • 6. Quo Vadis, Safehaven?
  • 7. An Allied Quarrel: How to Approach the Neutral Countries
  • 8. Negotiations with Sweden, 1946
  • 9. Swedish Payments, Liquidation of German Assets, and the Final Swedish-German Settlement, 1946-1956
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index