This report addresses a vital but relatively neglected dimension of the history of the Second World War and its aftermath, one that became the focus of intense political, diplomatic and media attention over the last year. It is a study of the past with implications for the future. The book documents one of the greatest thefts by a government in history: the confiscation by Nazi Germany of an estimated $580 million of central bank gold - around $5.6 billion in today's values - along with indeterminate amounts in other assets during World War II. These goods were stolen from governments and...
This report addresses a vital but relatively neglected dimension of the history of the Second World War and its aftermath, one that became the focus o...
