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.
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.
0688154255 (alk. paper)
97023518
World War--Destruction and pillage--Europe--1939-1945 World War--Confiscations and contributions--Europe--1939-1945 Banks and banking--Corrupt practices--Switzerland Jewish property--Switzerland Jews--Claims--Europe World War--Economic aspects--Germany--1939-1945 World War--Reparations--1939-1945