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Nazi Looting - The Plunder of Dutch Jewry during the Second World War (Paperback, First)
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Nazi Looting - The Plunder of Dutch Jewry during the Second World War (Paperback, First)
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The Nazi looting machine was notoriously efficient during the
Second World War. In the Netherlands, 8.5 million citizens suffered
losses estimated at 3.6 billion guilders. Approximately one-third
of these losses were borne by Jews, who comprised only 1.6% of the
total population. In todays terms, the German occupiers stripped
the Jewish population of assets worth $7 billion.Nazi Looting
offers a comprehensive history of the Dutch experience and
demonstrates how reputable indigenous institutions acted as willing
collaborators. Beginning with a survey of international law and
various definitions of 'looting', the author shows how the Germans
systematically robbed Dutch Jewry through a variety of means that
gave the outward appearance of honest trading. Forced to sell under
duress and at unreasonably low prices, few dared refuse the German
on the doorstep when threatened with prison or incarceration in a
camp.The plundering was total and systematic. In May 1940, a team
of highly trained art historians, linguists, musicologists and
literary experts arrived immediately behind the victorious German
troops to catalogue the vast collections for Hitler. From 1941,
Jews were compelled to deposit all their money into a bank called
Lippmann, Rosenthal Co. The name of the bank itself was a cynical
ploy since it was taken from a respected, Jewish-owned Amsterdam
bank and presented as a new branch. This bank, however, simply
channelled money into the Third Reich with the help of the
Amsterdam Stock Exchange, insurance brokers and other
well-established Dutch banks. Once the Jews were deported, their
houses were emptied and the contents used to re-furnish bombed out
areas of the Reich. In common with many other formerly
Nazi-occupied countries in Europe, the Netherlands has been unable
to retrieve many of its pre-war assets. More than fifty years after
the wars end, 20% of its most important pre-war museum exhibits and
approximately 80% of the less important works remain untrace
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