num_pages: 320
description: This is the inside story of the man who spearheaded the fight to reclaim the stolen and confiscated assets of the Jewish victims of World War II with details about that fight and how he won it. Stuart Eizenstat grew up in Georgia in a Jewish home in which the Holocaust was never discussed, as a young man he met no Holocaust survivors nor did he study it at high school or college. It was only when he was in service in the Cinton Administration, that he became aware of this event which was one of the most notorious crimes of the 20th century. In his position he was thrust into the epicentre of a remarkable historical event, which was to provide justice, a belated and imperfect justice, but justice nevertheless, 50 years after the end of World War II to over a million people, who were victims of Nazi oppression and genocide. Eisenstat's mission to help assure the restitution of property in Europe grew rapidly in scope with events unfolding rapidly and unpredictably once the wall of silence covering over five decades was first breached.
language: English
title: The Hammer: Tom DeLay: God, Money, and the Rise of the Republican Congress
titlecomplete: The Hammer: Tom DeLay: God, Money, and the Rise of the Republican Congress
genres: Biography, Politics
ratings_count: 17
publisher: PublicAffairs