Judging the Netherlands / The Renewed Holocaust Restitution Process, 1997-2000 - Gerstenfeld, Manfred
the renewed Holocaust restitution process 1997-2000
KORTE INHOUD
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In the last years of the twentieth century, the many shortcomings of the postwar Dutch Holocaust restitution became a major issue in the Dutch public debate. The internationally publicized failures of the Swiss banks regarding dormant bank accounts from the war period prompted investigations elsewhere as well, including in the Netherlands. A further stimulus came when many index cards of the Dutch looting bank LIRO, listing the stolen possessions of individual Jews, were found abandoned in an Amsterdam attic.
Reports of the commissions of inquiry revealed information about monies that had belonged to murdered Jews and were in the possession of the Dutch government, insurance companies, banks, and exchange brokers. Negotiations between these parties and representatives of the Jewish community led to sizable restitution payments. American intervention forced the Amsterdam Stock Exchange - which had been a major collaborator with the German occupiers - to pay tens of times more restitutio...
In the last years of the twentieth century, the many shortcomings of the postwar Dutch Holocaust restitution became a major issue in the Dutch public debate. The internationally publicized failures of the Swiss banks regarding dormant bank accounts from the war period prompted investigations elsewhere as well, including in the Netherlands. A further stimulus came when many index cards of the Dutch looting bank LIRO, listing the stolen possessions of individual Jews, were found abandoned in an Amsterdam attic.
Reports of the commissions of inquiry revealed information about monies that had belonged to murdered Jews and were in the possession of the Dutch government, insurance companies, banks, and exchange brokers. Negotiations between these parties and representatives of the Jewish community led to sizable restitution payments. American intervention forced the Amsterdam Stock Exchange - which had been a major collaborator with the German occupiers - to pay tens of times more restitutio...
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2011 Uitgever: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 217 paginas Taal: Nederlands ISBN-10: 9652180971 ISBN-13: 9789652180971Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2011, paperback, good copy [Auteur: Gerstenfeld, Manfred] [Taal: nl] [Uitgever: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs] [Jaar: 2011] [Titel: Judging the Netherlands / The Renewed Holocaust Restitution Process, 1997-2000]
