Dispossession : plundering German Jewry, 1933-1953 / edited by Christoph Kreutzmüller and Jonathan R. Zatlin

Klappentext: "This collection of essays by a range of international, multidisciplinary scholars explores the financial history, social significance, and cultural meanings of the theft, starting in 1933, of assets owned by German Jews. Despite the fraught topic and the ongoing legal discussions...

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Other Authors:Kreutzmüller, Christoph (Editor)
Zatlin, Jonathan R. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, August 2020
Series:Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
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Summary:Klappentext: "This collection of essays by a range of international, multidisciplinary scholars explores the financial history, social significance, and cultural meanings of the theft, starting in 1933, of assets owned by German Jews. Despite the fraught topic and the ongoing legal discussions surrounding it, the subject has not received much scholarly attention until now. As such, the volume offers a much needed contribution to our understanding of the history of the period and the acts. The essays examine the confiscatory taxation of Jewish property, the looting of art and confiscation of gold, the role of German freight forwarders in property theft, salesmen and dispossession in the retail world, theft from the elderly, and the complicity of the banking industry, as well as the reach of the practice beyond German borders."--
Item Description:Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 355-379. - Register
Konferenz 2014 (Acknowledgements)
Physical Description:xi, 390 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780472132034