Hitler's silent partners: Swiss banks, Nazi gold and the pursuit of justice
TitleHitler's silent partners: Swiss banks, Nazi gold and the pursuit of justice
Author
Call number940.531809494/0007
Object number03891
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherWilliam Morrow and Company
Year of publication
1997
Physical description351p.,index, photographs
MaterialBook
ISBN0688154255
Description
Begins in the 1930s when Swiss bankers allowed Jews to open numbered, untraceable accounts, assuring them absolute secrecy and anonymity from the Nazis. The story follows one Viennese family from an affluent life in prewar Vienna to the Holocaust survivors' present-days efforts to reclaim their birthright