Holocaust gold: from the victims to Switzerland: the paths of the Nazi plunder
العنوانHolocaust gold: from the victims to Switzerland: the paths of the Nazi plunder
Call number940.531809494/0010
رقم الكائن05811
مكان النشرTel Aviv, Israel
الناشرMoreshet
سنة النشر
2001
التوريق261p.,index,bibliography
مادةBook
ردمك9657026423
الوصف
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