ISBN:
1586482408
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9781586482404
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 417 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
,
illustrations
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21 cm
Year of publication:
2004
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) / Economic aspects
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Jewish property / Europe
;
World War, 1939-1945 / Confiscations and contributions / Europe
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World War, 1939-1945 / Destruction and pillage / Europe
;
Forced labor / Germany / History / 20th century
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Gold / Europe / History / 20th century
;
Holocauste, 1939-1945 / Aspect économique
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 / Confiscations et contributions / Europe
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 / Destruction et pillage / Europe
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Travail forcé / Allemagne / Histoire / 20e siècle
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Or / Europe / Histoire / 20e siècle
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Confiscations
;
Destruction and pillage
;
Economics
;
Forced labor
;
Gold
;
Jewish property
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Europe / https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCxPbbk4CPJDQJb4r6rq
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Germany / https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCD3rcKcPDx6FHmjvrbd
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1900-1999
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History
Abstract:
Holding the post of US Ambassador to the EU, among others, during the Clinton Administration, Stuart Eizenstat was responsible for negotiating with the Swiss, German, French, and Austrian governments to gain reparations for the victims of WWII, while maintaining positive diplomatic relations. This volume comprises his personal account of his work, which ultimately secured settlements totaling $8 billion for the victims of the Nazis
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: a fifty-year wait for justice -- Through the valley of the dry bones -- Greta Beer and the Swiss Bank affair -- Enter the players -- Enter the lawyers -- All that glitters -- Kabuki dance -- Scorpions in a bottle -- The settlement -- The barbarians of culture -- Remembering Dora-Mittelbau -- As old as the pyramids -- Ten billion marks -- A strange ending -- Unser Wien -- Bridge over troubled water -- The French exception -- Conclusion: a final accounting for World War II.
Note:
Reprint. Originally published: ©2003
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