1st Edition

Conquest and Redemption A History of Jewish Assets from the Holocaust

By Gregg Rickman Copyright 2007
353 Pages
by Routledge

354 Pages
by Routledge

354 Pages
by Routledge

In Conquest and Redemption, Gregg J. Rickman explains how the Nazis stole the possessions of their Jewish victims and obtained the cooperation of institutions across Europe in these crimes of convenience. He also describes how those institutions are being brought to justice, sixty years later, for their retention of their ill-gotten gains. Rickman not only explains how the robbery was... Read more

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Patterns of Plunder
2. Crusaders and Conferences: U.S. Policy on Restitution, the Beginning
3. "Memory Dethroned": U. S. Policy on Restitution, the Cold War
4. Coalitions and Accountability: U. S. Policy on Restitution, the Post-Cold War World
5. Unintended Consequences � The Holocaust Industry
Bibliography
Index

Biography

Rickman, Gregg