The victim's fortune : inside the epic battle over the debts of the Holocaust /
Fifty years after World War II, a small group of Americans launched a campaign to confront the world with the fact that many assets looted by the Nazis had never been returned to their owners. Backed by class-action lawsuits and threats of economic sanctions, they mounted a vigorous challenge agains...
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HarperCollins,
[2002], ©2002
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Table of Contents:
- Cast of characters
- Prologue
- For want of a chair
- The final accounting
- A pride of lawyers
- Rewriting history
- Shot across the bow
- Take it or leave it
- The price of peace
- Gateway to Zion
- Falling like dominoes
- The last prisoners of war
- Americans at the gate
- Rough justice
- To start a war
- Doomed to succeed
- The magic number
- A piece of raw meat
- The spiderweb
- Claims by committee
- In the crossfire
- Freedom fighting
- First victims first
- The last waltz
- Assigning guilt
- Legal peace?
- The judgment of Judah
- Jew versus Jew
- Epilogue
- 1 For Want of a Chair
- 2. The Final Accounting
- 3. A Pride of Lawyers
- 4. Rewriting History
- 5. Shot across the Bow
- 6. Take It or Leave It
- 7. The Price of Peace
- 8. Gateway to Zion
- 9. Falling like Dominoes
- 10. The Last Prisoners of War
- 11. Americans at the Gate
- 12. Rough Justice
- 13. To Start a War
- 14. Doomed to Succeed
- 15. The Magic Number
- 16. A Piece of Raw Meat
- 17. The Spiderweb
- 18. Claims by Committee
- 19. In the Crossfire
- 20. Freedom Fighting
- 21. First Victims First
- 22. The Last Waltz
- 23. Assigning Guilt
- 24. Legal Peace?
- 25. The Judgment of Judah
- 26. Jew versus Jew.