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Robbery and Restitution - The Conflict over Jewish Property in Europe (Paperback)
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Robbery and Restitution - The Conflict over Jewish Property in Europe (Paperback)
Series: War and Genocide
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"A well-structured, ambitious collection of essays, it will
certainly be an essential read for anyone interested in the
anti-Jewish policies of National Socialist Germany and their
long-term consequences for postwar Europe." . H-German The robbery
and restitution of Jewish property are two inextricably linked
social processes. It is not possible to understand the lawsuits and
international agreements on the restoration of Jewish property of
the late 1990s without examining what was robbed and by whom. In
this volume distinguished historians first outline the mechanisms
and scope of the European-wide program of plunder, before assessing
the effectiveness and historical implications of post-war
restitution efforts. Integrating the abundance of new research on
the material effects of the Holocaust and its aftermath, a
comparative perspective is offered on both robbery and restitution,
examining developments in countries such as Germany, Poland, Italy,
France, Belgium, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The international
and interrelated nature of property confiscation initiated by Nazi
Germany and its satellite states offers new insights into the
functions and beneficiaries of state sanctioned robbery. Although
the extent of implementation varied, Jewish spoils were used to
boost support for anti-Jewish policies and prop up ailing war
finances throughout Europe. Thus the combination of personal
enrichment and state plunder were two sides of the same coin. The
prolonged struggles over restitution issues are confronted in the
second section of the book on the basis of eight national studies.
Everywhere the solution of legal and material problems was
intertwined with changing national myths about the war and
conflicting interpretations of justice. Even those countries that
pursued extensive restitution programs using rigorous legal means
were unable to compensate or comprehend fully the scale of Jewish
loss. Especially in Eastern Europe, it was not until the collapse
of communism that even the concept of restoring some Jewish
property rights became a viable option. The legacy of robbery and
restitution offers both a model for redefining the practice of
human rights and keys to understanding the lingering ghosts of
antisemitism in countries where few Jews remain. Martin Dean is a
Research Scholar at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). He is the author
of Collaboration in the Holocaust, published in association with
the USHMM in 2000, and of several articles on the confiscation of
Jewish property. From 1992 to 1997 he worked as Senior Historian
for the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit. Constantin Goschler
teaches modern history at the Humboldt-University, Berlin. He also
taught at the universities of Prague, Jena and Bochum. His main
fields of interest are transitional justice in the 20th century,
history of science and the history of political ideas in the 19th
century. He published several articles and books on restitution and
indemnification for Nazi victims. Philipp Ther teaches modern
Central and Eastern European History at the European University
Frankfurt/Oder, Germany. His fields of interest are comparative
nationalism studies, migrations and "ethnic cleansing," postwar
social history of Central Europe and most recently the history of
opera theatres in the long 19th century."
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