Hitler's silent partners

Description:

Award-winning journalist Isabel Vincent unravels the labyrinthine story behind the headlines: how desperate men and women tried to secure their families' futures by opening bank accounts in Switzerland; how the Nazis laundered, through Swiss banks, gold seized from the treasuries of occupied countries, much of it looted from the Jews; how the demands of international business, Swiss bank secrecy, and greed have conspired to prevent the truth from being disclosed for over half a century and still prevent restitution. Balanced, rigorous, and often heartbreaking, this major work also gives a human face to the statistics: a crusading Toronto lawyer; Edgar Bronfman, the passionate head of the World Jewish Congress; a Swiss parliamentarian determined to discover her country's past; and Renee, a survivor waiting in the shadows for some small justice, already a little too late.

subjects: Banks and banking,  Claims,  Confiscations and contributions,  Corrupt practices,  Destruction and pillage,  Economic aspects,  Economic aspects of World War, 1939-1945,  Jewish property,  Jews,  Reparations,  World War, 1939-1945,  Confiscations,  Economics,  War reparations,  Nachrichtenloses Vermögen,  Konfiskation,  Verwahrung,  Joden,  Banktegoeden,  Holocaust,  Tweede Wereldoorlog,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  Switzerland,  Banks,  World War II,  Gold,  Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ),  Monetary gold confiscations,  Réclamations de guerre,  Or monétaire,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Confiscations et contributions,  Holocauste, 1939-1945,  Réparations,  Banques,  Hitler, adolf, 1889-1945,  Germany, history, 1933-1945,  Switzerland, foreign relations,  Banks and banking, switzerland,  World war, 1939-1945, confiscations and contributions,  World war, 1939-1945, switzerland,  World war, 1939-1945, jews,  World war, 1939-1945, economic aspects, germany,  World war, 1939-1945, reparations,  World war, 1939-1945, destruction and pillage

Places: Europe,  Germany,  Switzerland