German Reparations and the Jewish World: A History of the Claims Conference

ISBN-13: 9780714651521 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 244 str.

Ronald W. Zweig

Opis

The Holocaust was not only about ethnic cleansing and mass murder. It was a major asset-stripping and looting operation. In the years immediately following the end of World War II, up until the 1990s, vast sums have been repaid by the Federal Republic of Germany in reparations, indemnification and restitution (over $70 billion). Resulting from a series of quietly negotiated technical agreements between Germany and the Jewish world, these payments have allowed the rehabilitation and resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors in Israel, America and elsewhere. They also underwrote the reconstruction of Jewish communal life throughout Europe.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Restitution and Reparations; Chapter 2 Origins of the Claims Conference; Chapter 3 European Jewry After the Holocaust; Chapter 4 Reparations and the Organizations; Chapter 5 Principles of Allocation and the Cultural Program; Chapter 6 The Challenge of Reconstruction; Chapter 7 Commemorating the Holocaust; Chapter 8 Beyond Welfare; con Conclusion; sou Sources;

O autorze

Ronald W. Zweig