Hitler's silent partners
Subtitle: Swiss banks, Nazi gold, and the pursuit of justice
By: Isabel Vincent.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. Morrow
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Europe; World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Europe; Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- Switzerland; Jewish property -- Switzerland; Jews -- Europe -- Claims; World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Germany; World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations
Description: Award-winning journalist Isabel Vincent unravels the labyrinthine story behind the headlines: how desperate men and women tried to secure their families' futures by opening bank accounts in Switzerland; how the Nazis laundered, through Swiss banks, gold seized from the treasuries of occupied countries, much of it looted from the Jews; how the demands of international business, Swiss bank secrecy, and greed have conspired to prevent the truth from being disclosed for over half a century and still prevent restitution. Balanced, rigorous, and often heartbreaking, this major work also gives a human face to the statistics: a crusading Toronto lawyer; Edgar Bronfman, the passionate head of the World Jewish Congress; a Swiss parliamentarian determined to discover her country's past; and Renee, a survivor waiting in the shadows for some small justice, already a little too late.