Holocaust gold: from the victims to Switzerland: the paths of the Nazi plunder
НазваниеHolocaust gold: from the victims to Switzerland: the paths of the Nazi plunder
Call number940.531809494/0010
Номер объекта05811
Место публикацииTel Aviv, Israel
ИздательMoreshet
Год выпуска
2001
Нумерация страниц261p.,index,bibliography
МатериалBook
ISBN9657026423
Описание
Discusses Switzerland's role in the "laundering" of looted gold . Of the 800 tons of plundered gold used ti finance Hitler's war machine, 290 tons were stolen from private individuals. One chapter covers the minting of Vreneli gold coins and their sale to the general public in order to shrink the enormous gold stocks Switzerland built up during the war