Robbery and Restitution

Martin Dean is a Research Scholar at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). He is the author of Collaboration in the Holocaust, published in association with the USHMM in 2000, and of several articles on the confiscation of Jewish property. From 1992 to 1997 he worked as Senior Historian for the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit.

“…offers an extremely useful survey and an indispensable tool…for anyone seeking to develop a grasp of the issues at stake.” • Journal of Modern History“Robbery and Restitution adds to the excellent reputation of Berghahn’s Studies on War and Genocide series under the general editorship of Omer Bartov and Dirk Moses. Readers familiar with the series know that it summarizes the most recent research on such topics as “the Massacre in History,” “Nazi Extermination Policies,” and “Genocide and Religion.” One of the latest volumes, Robbery and Restitution is essential reading for all Holocaust scholars…I recommend this book to all serious scholars. A brief review cannot do justice to the subtlety of the arguments, but these excellent essays greatly advance our understanding of the complex issues.” • Holocaust and Genocide Studies“A well-structured, ambitious collection of essays, it will certainly be an essential read for anyone interested in the anti-Jewish policies of National Socialist Germany and their long-term consequences for postwar Europe.” • H-German

• List of AbbreviationsPrefacePart I: IntroductionIntroduction: A History without Boundaries: The Robbery and Restitution of Jewish Property in EuropeConstantin Goschler and Philipp TherPart II: The Robbery of Jewish Property in Comparative PerspectiveChapter 1. The Seizure of Jewish Property in Europe: Comparative Aspects of Nazi Methods and Local ResponsesMartin DeanChapter 2. Aryanization and Restitution in GermanyFrank BajohrChapter 3. The Looting of Jewish Property in Occupied Western Europe: A Comparative Study of Belgium, France, and the NetherlandsJean-Marc DreyfusChapter 4. The Robbery of Jewish Property in Eastern Europe under German Occupation, 1939–1942Dieter PohlChapter 5. The Robbery of Jewish Property in Eastern European States Allied with Nazi GermanyTatjana TönsmeyerPart III: The Restitution of Jewish Property in Comparative PerspectiveChapter 6. West Germany and the Restitution of Jewish Property in EuropeJürgen LillteicherChapter 7. Jewish Property and the Politics of Restitution in Germany after 1945Constantin GoschlerChapter 8. Two Approaches to Compensation in France: Restitution and ReparationClaire AndrieuChapter 9. The Expropriation of Jewish Property and Restitution in BelgiumRudi van DoorslaerChapter 10. Indifference and Forgetting: Italy and its Jewish Community, 1938–1970Ilaria PavanChapter 11. “Why Switzerland?” – Remarks on a Neutral’s Role in the Nazi Program of Robbery and Allied Postwar Restitution PolicyRegula LudiChapter 12. The Hungarian Gold Train: Fantasies of Wealth and the Madness of GenocideRonald W. ZweigChapter 13. Reluctant Restitution: The Restitution of Jewish Property in the Bohemian Lands after the Second World WarEduard Kubu and Jan Kuklík Jr.Chapter 14. The Polish Debate on the Holocaust and the Restitution of PropertyDariusz StolaPart IV: Concluding RemarksConclusion: Reflections on the Restitution and Compensation of Holocaust Theft: Past, Present, and FutureGerald D. FeldmanNotes on ContributorsSelect BibliographyIndex