Vincent, Isabel       <br/><br/>
Hitler's silent partners :  Swiss banks, Nazi gold, and the pursuit of justice / 
Isabel Vincent 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  W. Morrow,  c1997. 
 - xii, 351 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0688154255 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97023518 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War--Destruction and pillage--Europe--1939-1945<br/>World War--Confiscations and contributions--Europe--1939-1945<br/>Banks and banking--Corrupt practices--Switzerland<br/>Jewish property--Switzerland<br/>Jews--Claims--Europe<br/>World War--Economic aspects--Germany--1939-1945<br/>World War--Reparations--1939-1945
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D810.D6  / V56 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.531 Vin   15