Nazi Looting: The Plunder of Dutch Jewry During the Second World War
The Nazi looting machine was notoriously efficient. In the Netherlands, 8.5 million citizens suffered losses estimated at 3.6 billion guilders. Approximately one-third of these losses were borne by Jews, who comprised only 1.6% of the total population. In today's terms, the German occupiers stripped the Jewish population of assets worth $7 billion. Nazi Looting offers a comprehensive history of the Dutch experience and demonstrates the ruthless efficiency of the Germans in robbing Dutch...
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The Nazi looting machine was notoriously efficient. In the Netherlands, 8.5 million citizens suffered losses estimated at 3.6 billion guilders. Approximately one-third of these losses were borne by Jews, who comprised only 1.6% of the total population. In today's terms, the German occupiers stripped the Jewish population of assets worth $7 billion. Nazi Looting offers a comprehensive history of the Dutch experience and demonstrates the ruthless efficiency of the Germans in robbing Dutch Jewry, for example attempts at "legitimacy" via fake bank accounts and phoney "sales". It also reveals how reputable indigenous institutions, including the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, insurance brokers and established banks acted as willing collaborators. More than fifty years after the war's end, 20% of the Netherlands' most important pre-war museum exhibits and approximately 80% of the less important works remain untraced. Painstakingly researched, Nazi Looting exposes a chillingly calculating and brutally destructive process that reverberates to this day.
PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1Pt. ILooting in the Netherlands during the Second World War1The Many Forms of Looting112The Looting of Cultural Property433The Allies and the Loot854the Destination of the Loot91Pt. IIThe Looting of Jewish Property5The Looting of Jewish Property996The Robber Bank in Sarphatistraat, Amsterdam: Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co. (Liro)1277The First Liro Decree in Practice1478The Second Liro Decree in Practice1759The Looting of Cultural Property from Jews18510The Looting of Household Effects: The M-Aktion20311Sperrstempel, emigration and tax211Conclusion221Notes229Exchange Rates and Price Index283The Main Anti-Jewish Property Decrees285Archives287Bibliography289Index301
