| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 351 pages : illustrations, 4 pages of unnumbered plates, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
|
text txt rdacontent |
|
unmediated n rdamedia |
|
volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibilographical references and index. |
| Contents |
File closed -- Transfers -- Displacements -- Reopening the file -- The letter of the law -- Buying respect -- A moral accounting. |
| Summary |
Award-winning journalist Isabel Vincent unravels the labyrinthine story behind the headlines: how desperate men and women tried to secure their families' futures by opening bank accounts in Switzerland; how the Nazis laundered, through Swiss banks, gold seized from the treasuries of occupied countries, much of it looted from the Jews; how the demands of international business, Swiss bank secrecy, and greed have conspired to prevent the truth from being disclosed for over half a century and still prevent restitution. Balanced, rigorous, and often heartbreaking, this major work also gives a human face to the statistics: a crusading Toronto lawyer; Edgar Bronfman, the passionate head of the World Jewish Congress; a Swiss parliamentarian determined to discover her country's past; and Renee, a survivor waiting in the shadows for some small justice, already a little too late. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Europe.
|
|
World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Europe.
|
|
Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- Switzerland.
|
|
Jewish property -- Switzerland.
|
|
Jews -- Europe -- Claims.
|
|
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Germany.
|
|
World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations.
|
|
Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices.
(OCoLC)fst00826892
|
|
Confiscations. (OCoLC)fst00874759
|
|
Destruction and pillage. (OCoLC)fst01906941
|
|
Economics. (OCoLC)fst00902116
|
|
Jewish property. (OCoLC)fst00982902
|
|
Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
|
|
War reparations. (OCoLC)fst01736384
|
|
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
|
|
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
|
|
Switzerland. (OCoLC)fst01205401
|
|
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924 |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
|
| Genre/Form |
Claims. (OCoLC)fst01774244
|
| ISBN |
0688154255 (alk. paper) |
|
0688166318 (alk. paper ; [pbk.]) |
|
9780688154257 (alk. paper) |
|
9780688166311 (alk. paper ; [pbk.]) |
|
