Conquest and redemption; a history of Jewish assets from the Holocaust.0765803461 Conquest and redemption; a history of Jewish Jew·ish adj. Of or relating to the Jews or their culture or religion. See Usage Note at Jew. Jew  ish·ly adv. assets from the
Holocaust Holocaust (hŏl`əkôst', hō`lə–), name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. .
Rickman, Gregg J. Transaction Publishers 2007 342 pages $39.95 Hardcover D804 Rickman was director of investigations by the US Senate and House of Representatives into the continuing role of Swiss banks in the theft of Jewish assets during World War II. After describing the patterns of plunder TO PLUNDER. The capture of personal property on land by a public enemy, with a view of making it his own. The property so captured is called plunder. See Booty; Prize. , he traces the history of US policy on restitution In the context of Criminal Law, state programs under which an offender is required, as a condition of his or her sentence, to repay money or donate services to the victim or society; with respect to maritime law, the restoration of articles lost by jettison, done when the since the end of the war. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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