Holocaust justice
Subtitle: the battle for restitution in America's courts
By: Michael J. Bazyler.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Holocaust survivors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Reparations; World War, 1939-1945 -- Claims
Description: "Holocaust Justice is the first book to tell the complete story of the legal campaign, conducted mainly on American soil, to address these injustices. Michael Bazyler, a legal scholar specializing in human rights and international law, takes an in-depth look at the series of lawsuits that gave rise to a coherent campaign to right historical wrongs. Diplomacy, individual pleas for justice by Holocaust survivors and various Jewish organizations for the last fifty years, and even suits in foreign courts, had not worked. It was only with the intervention of the American courts that elderly Holocaust survivors and millions of other wartime victims throughout the world were awarded compensation, and equally important, acknowledgment of the crimes committed against them." "The unique features of the American system of justice - which allowed it to handle claims that originated over fifty years ago and in another part of the world - made it the only forum in the world where Holocaust claims could be heard. Without the lawsuits brought by American lawyers. Bazyler asserts, the claims of the elderly survivors and their heirs would continue to be ignored."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-396) and index.
Table of contents: title: Suing the Swiss banks; title: German industry and its slaves; title: Reclaiming prewar insurance policies; title: Confronting the French banks; title: Litigating holocaust looted art; title: The distribution controversies; title: The legacy and consequences of holocaust restitution; title: The post-holocaust restitution era; title: Holocaust restitution as a model for addressing other historical injustices.