Hitler's Secret Bankers: The Myth of Swiss Neutrality During the Holocaust
LeBor, the central European correspondent for the London Times, has added another book to the growing list about the conduct of Swiss bankers in connection with the Holocaust. Based in Budapest, LeBor usually writes about Hungarian affairs, and it shows here. His opening chapters describe German atrocities in Hungary during World War II, which is compelling reading but doesn't have much to do with the grotesque behavior of the Swiss bankers during and after the war. LeBor's subsequent account of the United States's wartime involvement with the Swiss and the Germans through the Bank for International Settlements makes for fascinating reading and could point to the next Holocaust banking scandal. Nevertheless, libraries will be better off with Tom Bower's Nazi Gold (LJ 5/15/97), which makes better use of primary sources and tells a more coherent story.?Randall L. Schroeder, Wartburg Coll. Lib., Waverly, Ia.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.