| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 458 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-430) and index. |
| Contents |
Cast of characters -- Prologue -- For want of a chair -- The final accounting -- A pride of lawyers -- Rewriting history -- Shot across the bow -- Take it or leave it -- The price of peace -- Gateway to Zion -- Falling like dominoes -- The last prisoners of war -- Americans at the gate -- Rough justice -- To start a war -- Doomed to succeed -- The magic number -- A piece of raw meat -- The spiderweb -- Claims by committee -- In the crossfire -- Freedom fighting -- First victims first -- The last waltz -- Assigning guilt -- Legal peace? -- The judgment of Judah -- Jew versus Jew -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Fifty years after World War II, a small group of Americans launched a campaign to confront the world with the fact that many assets looted by the Nazis had never been returned to their owners. Backed by class-action lawsuits and threats of economic sanctions, they mounted a vigorous challenge against some of the world's largest corporations and governments to demand billions of dollars. But what began as a moral crusade soon became a bare-knuckle battle that opened up painful debates about whether money can ever compensate for the horrors of the Holocaust. John Authers and Richard Wolffe offer a spellbinding investigative account of this momentous international struggle. The Victim's Fortune captures the personalities, ruthless tactics, and moral dilemmas surrounding the fight over compensation -- all unfolding against the backdrop of one of the darkest moments in human history. - Publisher. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Europe.
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Jews -- Europe -- Claims.
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Jewish property -- Switzerland.
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Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Reparations.
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| Added Author |
Wolffe, Richard, 1968-
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| ISBN |
0066212642 |
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9780066212647 |
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