Robbing the Jews: The Confiscation of Jewish Property in the Holocaust, 1933-1945

by Martin Dean

Book Overview

Robbing the Jews reveals the mechanisms by which the Nazis and their allies confiscated Jewish property, demonstrating the close relationship between robbery and the Holocaust. The spoliation evolved in intensifying steps. The Anschluss and Kristallnacht in 1938 reveal a dynamic tension between pressure from below and state-directed measures. In Western Europe the economic persecution of the Jews took the form of legal decrees and administrative measures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521129052
• ISBN13: 9780521129053
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"