Robbing the Jews : the confiscation of Jewish property in the Holocaust, 1933-1945 / Martin Dean.

Author/creator Dean, Martin, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; [New York] : Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2008.
Descriptionx, 437 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Subjects
World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Economic aspects.
Jewish property--Europe.
Aryanization.

Contents The Nazis' initial confiscation measures -- Mounting obstacles to Jewish emigration, 1933-1939 -- The Anschluss and Kristallnacht: accelerating Aryanization and confiscation in Austria and Germany, 1938-1939 -- Blocking Jewish accounts and preparations for mass confiscation, 1939-1941 -- Destruction and plunder in the occupied East: Poland, the Soviet Union, and Serbia -- Settling accounts in the wake of the deportations -- "Plunder by decree": the confiscation of Jewish property in German-occupied Western Europe -- Sovereign imitations: confiscations conducted by states allied to Nazi Germany -- Receiving stolen property: neutral states and private companies -- Seizure of property and the social dynamics of the Holocaust.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 397-425) and index.
LCCN 2008008538
ISBN9780521888257 (hardback)
ISBN0521888255 (hardback)