Nazi Looting
«Nazi Looting does endure as a testament to the far reaching, systematic exploitation and robbery of the Dutch Jews, whose savings and propety were plundered by German officials and Dutch fellow citizens alike...It has also proved invaluable for countless Dutch Survivors seeking to investigate the plight of their families' property during 'the greatest looting in Dutch history'... Aalder's work has served as a vital reference tool for commissions charged with investigating the extent of the wartime looting and the effectiveness of the post-war recovery process. H-Net Book Review by Jennifer L. Foray, Department of History, Columbia University Nazi Looting provides the first in-depth and accessible study of the multiplicity of ways in which the Nazis stole Jewish property in the wartime Netherlands.»
The Nazi looting machine was notoriously efficient during the Second World War. In the Netherlands, 8.5 million citizens suffered losses estimated at 3.6 billion guilders. Approximately one-third of these losses were borne by Jews, who comprised only 1. Les mer
From 1941, Jews were compelled to deposit all their money into a bank called Lippmann, Rosenthal Co. The name of the bank itself was a cynical ploy since it was taken from a respected, Jewish-owned Amsterdam bank and presented as a new branch. This bank, however, simply channelled money into the Third Reich with the help of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, insurance brokers and other well-established Dutch banks. Once the Jews were deported, their houses were emptied and the contents used to re-furnish bombed out areas of the Reich. In common with many other formerly Nazi-occupied countries in Europe, the Netherlands has been unable to retrieve many of its pre-war assets. More than fifty years after the wars end, 20% of its most important pre-war museum exhibits and approximately 80% of the less important works remain untrace
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Berg Publishers
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 288
- ISBN
- 9781859737279
- Utgivelsesår
- 2004
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
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«Nazi Looting does endure as a testament to the far reaching, systematic exploitation and robbery of the Dutch Jews, whose savings and propety were plundered by German officials and Dutch fellow citizens alike...It has also proved invaluable for countless Dutch Survivors seeking to investigate the plight of their families' property during 'the greatest looting in Dutch history'... Aalder's work has served as a vital reference tool for commissions charged with investigating the extent of the wartime looting and the effectiveness of the post-war recovery process. H-Net Book Review by Jennifer L. Foray, Department of History, Columbia University Nazi Looting provides the first in-depth and accessible study of the multiplicity of ways in which the Nazis stole Jewish property in the wartime Netherlands.»