Plunder and restitution
TitlePlunder and restitution
Author
Call number940.5318/0385
Object number06034ai
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherOxford University Press
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp540-559
MaterialArticle
Series titleOxford handbooks
ISBN9780199211869
NotesArticle from the book ' The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies' pp540-559
Description
Massive theft, a key aspect of the Holocaust, was among the most widespread offences committed by Hitler's regime, and ever since the end of the war, international negotiations and legal proceedings have generated a process of compensating or restituting the losses of victims. Hayes surveys the methods and extent of the plunder and the reasons why this process has taken so long