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 and then assess the effectiveness and historical implications of post-war restitution efforts. Everywhere the solution of legal and material problems was intertwined with changing national myths about the war...

Walter Schwarz, Die Wiedergutmachung nationalsozialistischen Unrechts durch die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Ein Uberblick Karl Hessdorfer, Die finanzielle Dimension Hans-Dieter Kreikamp, Zur Entstehung des Entschadigungsgesetzes der amerikanischen Besatzungszone Constantin Goschler, Der Fall Philipp Auerbach. Wiedergutmachung in Bayern Nana Sagi, Die Rolle der judischen Organisationen in den USA und die Claims Conference Yeshayahu A. Jelinek, Israel und die Anfange der Shilumim Rudolf Huhn, Die Wiedergutmachungsverhandlungen in Wassenaar Michael Wolffsohn, Globalentschadigung fur Israel und...