"This useful compilation of essays serves as an introduction and
guide to the complexities arising from the theft of Jewish property
during WWII...This anthology belongs in every library."
-- "Choice"
The campaign for the restitution of Jewish property stolen
during the Holocaust has touched a raw nerve within European
society, bringing many nations to confront their wartime past.
Together with the end of the Cold War and generational change, the
campaign has created a need to reevaluate conventional historical
truths.
Following an unprecedented media campaign, pressure from Jewish
organizations, and public opinion, more than 40 European
commissions were established to investigate their fellow
countrymen's behavior during the war and to ascertain how stolen
property was dealt with in its aftermath.
The Plunder of Jewish Property During the Holocaust brings
together a range of distinguished international experts to examine
the major cases concerning restitution in several countries,
covering specific issues such as Nazi gold, wartime theft of works
of art, and the ownership of dormant accounts in Swiss banks. The
contributors incorporate insights from diverse disciplines such as
international law, economics, history, and political science which,
taken as a whole, make clear that some chapters of European history
will have to be rewritten.
With a preface by Edgar Bronfman and Israel Singer
General
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