Self-Financing Genocide : the Gold Train, the Becher Case and the Wealth of Hungarian Jews.
Discusses the economic annihilation of the Jews in Hungary. The government attempted to assert its claim concerning the complete confiscation of Jewish assets at all stages of the road leading to the extermination camps, which led to conflicts with the Germans. The book describes the story of the Go...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Hungarian |
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Central European University Press
2004.
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| Summary: | Discusses the economic annihilation of the Jews in Hungary. The government attempted to assert its claim concerning the complete confiscation of Jewish assets at all stages of the road leading to the extermination camps, which led to conflicts with the Germans. The book describes the story of the Gold Train, and analyzes the role played by SS-officer Kurt Becher, who administered and benefited from the confiscation of an enormous amount of Jewish assets. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (439 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-398) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1281376965 9781281376961 |