The Plunder of Jewish Property during the Holocaust: Confronting European History

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: Unmasking National Myths — Europeans Challenge their History....Pages 1-32
The Inexplicable Behaviour of States....Pages 33-47
Estimating Jewish Wealth....Pages 48-65
The Holocaust, ‘Thefticide’ and Restitution: a Legal Perspective....Pages 66-82
Defrosting History: the Restitution of Jewish Property in Eastern Europe....Pages 83-110
A Commentary on Europe’s Looted Gold, 1938–45....Pages 111-124
German Assets in Switzerland at the End of the Second World War....Pages 125-141
Why was Switzerland Singled Out? A Case of Belated Justice....Pages 142-163
The Great Culture Robbery: the Plunder of Jewish-Owned Art....Pages 164-176
France and the Burdens of Vichy....Pages 177-192
Quiet Collusion: Sweden’s Financial Links to Nazi Germany....Pages 193-208
‘Ex-Enemy Jews’: the Fate of the Assets of Holocaust Victims and Survivors in Britain....Pages 209-226
The Norwegian Moral and Material Statement....Pages 227-243
Austria: the Evasion of Responsibility....Pages 244-257
Franco’s Spain: Willing, Unwanted Ally of Nazi Germany....Pages 258-268
Portugal’s Double Game: Between the Nazis and the Allies....Pages 269-281
The Robbery of Dutch Jews and Postwar Restitution....Pages 282-296
Italy: Aspects of the Unbeautiful Life....Pages 297-312
The Vatican and the Shoah: Unanswered Questions of Material Complicity....Pages 313-326
Confiscation in Belgium: Diamonds and other Jewish Properties....Pages 327-341
Back Matter....Pages 342-355