TY - BOOK AU - Andrieu,Claire AU - Bajohr,Frank AU - Dean,Martin AU - Doorslaer,Rudi van AU - Dreyfus,Jean-Marc AU - Feldman,Gerald D. AU - Goschler,Constantin AU - Kubů,Eduard AU - Kuklík,Jan Jr AU - Lillteicher,Jürgen AU - Ludi,Regula AU - Pavan,Ilaria AU - Pohl,Dieter AU - Stola,Dariusz AU - Ther,Philipp AU - Tönsmeyer,Tatjana AU - Zweig,Ronald W. TI - Robbery and Restitution: The Conflict over Jewish Property in Europe T2 - War and Genocide SN - 9781845450823 AV - D804.3 .R37513 2008eb U1 - 940.53/1813 22 PY - 2007///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Berghahn Books KW - Aryanization KW - Congresses KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Economic aspects KW - Reparations KW - Jewish property KW - Europe KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Confiscations and contributions KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies KW - bisacsh KW - Jewish Studies, Genocide History N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --; PREFACE --; Part I INTRODUCTION --; A HISTORY WITHOUT BOUNDARIES The Robbery and Restitution of Jewish Property in Europe --; Part II THE ROBBERY OF JEWISH PROPERTY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE --; THE SEIZURE OF JEWISH PROPERTY IN EUROPE Comparative Aspects of Nazi Methods and Local Responses --; ARYANIZATION AND RESTITUTION IN GERMANY --; THE LOOTING OF JEWISH PROPERTY IN OCCUPIED WESTERN EUROPE A Comparative Study of Belgium, France, and the Netherlands --; THE ROBBERY OF JEWISH PROPERTY IN EASTERN EUROPE UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION, 1939-1942 --; THE ROBBERY OF JEWISH PROPERTY IN EASTERN EUROPEAN STATES ALLIED WITH NAZI GERMANY --; Part III THE RESTITUTION OF JEWISH PROPERTY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE --; WEST GERMANY AND THE RESTITUTION OF JEWISH PROPERTY IN EUROPE --; JEWISH PROPERTY AND THE POLITICS OF RESTITUTION IN GERMANY AFTER 1945 --; TWO APPROACHES TO COMPENSATION IN FRANCE Restitution and Reparation --; THE EXPROPRIATION OF JEWISH PROPERTY AND RESTITUTION IN BELGIUM --; INDIFFERENCE AND FORGETTING Italy and its Jewish Community, 1938–1970 --; “WHY SWITZERLAND?” Remarks on a Neutral’s Role in the Nazi Program of Robbery and Allied Postwar Restitution Policy --; THE HUNGARIAN GOLD TRAIN Fantasies of Wealth and the Madness of Genocide --; RELUCTANT RESTITUTION The Restitution of Jewish Property in the Bohemian Lands after the Second World War --; THE POLISH DEBATE ON THE HOLOCAUST AND THE RESTITUTION OF PROPERTY --; Part IV CONCLUDING REMARKS --; REFLECTIONS ON THE RESTITUTION AND COMPENSATION OF HOLOCAUST THEFT Past, Present, and Future --; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS --; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access N2 - The robbery and restitution of Jewish property are two inextricably linked social processes. It is not possible to understand the lawsuits and international agreements on the restoration of Jewish property of the late 1990s without examining what was robbed and by whom. In this volume distinguished historians first outline the mechanisms and scope of the European-wide program of plunder and then assess the effectiveness and historical implications of post-war restitution efforts. Everywhere the solution of legal and material problems was intertwined with changing national myths about the war and conflicting interpretations of justice. Even those countries that pursued extensive restitution programs using rigorous legal means were unable to compensate or fully comprehend the scale of Jewish loss. Especially in Eastern Europe, it was not until the collapse of communism that the concept of restoring some Jewish property rights even became a viable option. Integrating the abundance of new research on the material effects of the Holocaust and its aftermath, this comparative perspective examines the developments in Germany, Poland, Italy, France, Belgium, Hungary and the Czech Republic UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857455642 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857455642 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780857455642/original ER -