001480293 000__ 06994nam\a22009975i\4500 001480293 001__ 1480293 001480293 003__ DE-B1597 001480293 005__ 20231026035134.0 001480293 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480293 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480293 008__ 230918t20032003nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480293 020__ $$a9780814789681 001480293 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814789681.001.0001$$2doi 001480293 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547732 001480293 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480293 0410_ $$aeng 001480293 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480293 050_4 $$aKF6075$$b.B39 2003 001480293 072_7 $$aHIS043000$$2bisacsh 001480293 08204 $$a940.53/18144$$221 001480293 1001_ $$aBazyler, Michael J., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480293 24510 $$aHolocaust Justice :$$bThe Battle for Restitution in America's Courts /$$cMichael J. Bazyler. 001480293 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2003] 001480293 264_4 $$c©2003 001480293 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480293 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480293 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480293 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480293 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480293 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tPreface -- $$t1. Suing the Swiss Banks -- $$t2. German Industry and Its Slaves -- $$t3. Reclaiming Prewar Insurance Policies -- $$t4. Confronting the French Banks -- $$t5. Litigating Holocaust Looted Art -- $$t6. Litigating Holocaust Looted Art -- $$t7. The Legacy and Consequences of Holocaust Restitution -- $$t8. The Post-Holocaust Restitution Era -- $$tNotes -- $$tRelevant Web Sites -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480293 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480293 520__ $$aThe Holocaust was not only the greatest murder in history; it was also the greatest theft. Historians estimate that the Nazis stole roughly $230 billion to $320 billion in assets (figured in today's dollars), from the Jews of Europe. Since the revelations concerning the wartime activities of the Swiss banks first broke in the late 1990s, an ever-widening circle of complicity and wrongdoing against Jews and other victims has emerged in the course of lawsuits waged by American lawyers. These suits involved German corporations, French and Austrian banks, European insurance companies, and double thefts of art-first by the Nazis, and then by museums and private collectors refusing to give them up. All of these injustices have come to light thanks to the American legal system.Holocaust Justice is the first book to tell the complete story of the legal campaign, conducted mainly on American soil, to address these injustices. Michael Bazyler, a legal scholar specializing in human rights and international law, takes an in-depth look at the series of lawsuits that gave rise to a coherent campaign to right historical wrongs. Diplomacy, individual pleas for justice by Holocaust survivors and various Jewish organizations for the last fifty years, and even suits in foreign courts, had not worked. It was only with the intervention of the American courts that elderly Holocaust survivors and millions of other wartime victims throughout the world were awarded compensation, and equally important, acknowledgment of the crimes committed against them. The unique features of the American system of justice-which allowed it to handle claims that originated over fifty years ago and in another part of the world-made it the only forum in the world where Holocaust claims could be heard. Without the lawsuits brought by American lawyers, Bazyler asserts, the claims of the elderly survivors and their heirs would continue to be ignored.For the first time in history, European and even American corporations are now being forced to pay restitution for war crimes totaling billions of dollars to Holocaust survivors and other victims. Bazyler deftly tells the unfolding stories: the Swiss banks' attempt to hide dormant bank accounts belonging to Holocaust survivors or heirs of those who perished in the war; German private companies that used slave laborers during World War II-including American subsidiaries in Germany; Italian, Swiss and German insurance companies that refused to pay on prewar policies; and the legal wrangle going on today in American courts over art looted by the Nazis in wartime Europe. He describes both the human and legal dramas involved in the struggle for restitution, bringing the often-forgotten voices of Holocaust survivors to the forefront. He also addresses the controversial legal and moral issues over Holocaust restitution and the ethical debates over the distribution of funds.With an eye to the future, Bazyler discusses the enduring legacy of Holocaust restitution litigation, which is already being used as a model for obtaining justice for historical wrongs on both the domestic and international stage. 001480293 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480293 546__ $$aIn English. 001480293 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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