Hitler's silent partners :
by Vincent, Isabel
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : W. Morrow, (New York :) Physical details: xii, 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN:0688154255 (alk. paper).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 940.530222 Ill Illustrated story of World War II | 940.5309 Nol Pieces from the Past | 940.53092 Lie Liebling's war | 940.531 Vin Hitler's silent partners : | 940.5312 Tay Munich: the price of peace | 940.531503924 Gie Anne Frank remembered | 940.531503924 Ros The Holocaust: |
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.
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