Holocaust gold: from the victims to Switzerland: the paths of the Nazi plunder
TitleHolocaust gold: from the victims to Switzerland: the paths of the Nazi plunder
Call number940.531809494/0010
Object number05811
Place of publicationTel Aviv, Israel
PublisherMoreshet
Year of publication
2001
Physical description261p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN9657026423
Description
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