Holocaust gold: from the victims to Switzerland: the paths of the Nazi plunder
TitoloHolocaust gold: from the victims to Switzerland: the paths of the Nazi plunder
Call number940.531809494/0010
Numero oggetto05811
Luogo di pubblicazioneTel Aviv, Israel
EditoreMoreshet
Anno di pubblicazione
2001
Paginazione261p.,index,bibliography
MaterialeBook
ISBN9657026423
Descrizione
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