The victim's fortune, inside the epic battle over the debts of the Holocaust, John Authers and Richard Wolffe
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- Rückerstattung
- Jews-Europe-Claims
- Switzerland
- Banks and banking + Corrupt practices -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century
- Jewish property
- Jewish property -- Switzerland
- Zwangsarbeit
- Vermögen
- Jews + Claims
- Europe
- History
- Nachrichtenloses Vermögen
- Juden
- Spoliation des Juifs -- Suisse -- 20e siècle
- 1900 - 1999
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- )
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) + Reparations
- World War, 1939-1945
- Banks and banking + Corrupt practices
- Jewish property-Switzerland
- Reparations for historical injustices
- World War, 1939-1945 + Confiscations and contributions -- Europe
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) + Confiscations et contributions -- Europe
- Jews -- Europe -- Claims
- Entschädigung
- Banques -- Suisse -- 20e siècle
- Juifs + Réclamations en restitution et indemnisation -- Europe
- World War, 1939-1945-Confiscations and contributions-Europe
- Europa
- Banks and banking-Corrupt practices-Switzerland-History-20th century
- Confiscations
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The victim's fortune, inside the epic battle over the debts of the Holocaust, John Authers and Richard Wolffe
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-430) and index
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The victim's fortune
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
48501045
Responsibility statement
John Authers and Richard Wolffe
Sub title
inside the epic battle over the debts of the Holocaust
Summary
Fifty years after World War II, a small group of Americans launched a campaign to confront the world with the fact that many assets looted by the Nazis had never been returned to their owners. Backed by class-action lawsuits and threats of economic sanctions, they mounted a vigorous challenge against some of the world's largest corporations and governments to demand billions of dollars. But what began as a moral crusade soon became a bare-knuckle battle that opened up painful debates about whether money can ever compensate for the horrors of the Holocaust. John Authers and Richard Wolffe offer a spellbinding investigative account of this momentous international struggle. The Victim's Fortune captures the personalities, ruthless tactics, and moral dilemmas surrounding the fight over compensation -- all unfolding against the backdrop of one of the darkest moments in human history. - Publisher
Table of contents
Cast of characters -- Prologue -- For want of a chair -- The final accounting -- A pride of lawyers -- Rewriting history -- Shot across the bow -- Take it or leave it -- The price of peace -- Gateway to Zion -- Falling like dominoes -- The last prisoners of war -- Americans at the gate -- Rough justice -- To start a war -- Doomed to succeed -- The magic number -- A piece of raw meat -- The spiderweb -- Claims by committee -- In the crossfire -- Freedom fighting -- First victims first -- The last waltz -- Assigning guilt -- Legal peace? -- The judgment of Judah -- Jew versus Jew -- Epilogue
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