Dispossession: Plundering German Jewry, 1933-1953 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780472132034)

This collection of essays by a range of international, multidisciplinary scholars explores the financial history, social significance, and cultural meanings of the theft, starting in 1933, of assets owned by German Jews. Despite the fraught topic and the ongoing legal discussions, the subject has not received much scholarly attention until now. This volume offers a much needed contribution to our understanding of the history of the period and the acts. The essays examine the confiscatory taxation of Jewish property, the looting of art and confiscation of gold, the role of German freight forwarders in property theft, salesmen and dispossession in the retail world, theft from the elderly, and the complicity of the banking industry, as well as the reach of the practice beyond German borders.

Author: Christoph Kreutzmüller,Jonathan R. Zatlin
ISBN-10: 0472132032
ISBN-13: 9780472132034
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 09/04/2020
Pages: 402
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2021