Pack of Thieves : How Hitler and Europe Plundered the Jews and Committed the Greatest Theft in History

it Was The Largest Organized Robbery In History: The Systematic Looting Of Europe's Jews By The Nazis, In Cooperation With Most Of The Nations In Europe? Axis, Allied, And Neutral. Award—winning Journalist Richard Z. Chesnoff, One Of The First Reporters To Break The Story That Swiss Banks Had Hoarded The Assets Of Holocaust Victims, Traveled To Fourteen Countries To Research This Heartbreaking, Compelling Story Of Human Greed. Through Exclusive Interviews And Information From Hitherto Classified Files, Chesnoff Tells A Tragic Tale, The Vast Scope Of Which Is Only Beginning To Be Known. Revealing New Details That Many Would Prefer Remained Secret, pack Of Thieves Describes The Detective Work Used To Trace Holocaust Assets That Continue To Be Hidden Inside The Financial Systems Of Such Allied Nations As France And The Netherlands. Daring, Insightful, And Necessary, pack Of Thieves Is At Once A Fascinating Piece Of Investigative Journalism And An Enraging Account Of One Of History's Greatest Crimes. douglas M. Bloomfield nearly Three Years Ago, This Column Published Evidence Showing That There Were No Such Thing As A Neutral Country During World War Ii. All Of The So-called Neutrals Collaborated With The Nazis, Often Providing Indispensable Materials And Services That Prolonged The War And The Killing. Even Some Of The Countries Conquored By The Nazis, As Well As The Allies Who Won The War, Found Ways To Profit From The Slaughter Of The Jews. They Were, In The Words Of The Title Of Journalist Richard Chesnoff's Excellent New Book, A pack Of Thieves (doubleday, 325 Pp). He Subtitles His Book, How Hitler And Europe Plundered The Jews And Committed The Greatest Theft In History. It Is The Story Of Hitler's Accomplices In The Worst Mass Murder And The Greatest Robbery In History. The Plunderers Were Not Just The Storm Troopers And Fellow Facists, They Were The Supposedly Nice People, Some Themselves Victims Of Nazi Occupation...they Profited From The Plight Of The Jews, Turning Them In For Rewards And Plundering Their Belongings The Moment The Jews Were Hauled Away..... Chesnoff Admits His Book Is Not A Definitive Report On What Was Stolen. (but) Chesnoff Provides Detail - Enough To Be Informative But Not Tedious Or Exhaustive - Gleaned From Interviews, Documents And Research In 14 Countries. Her Also Provides An Overview Of Restitution Efforts By Various Governments...(and He) Puts A Human Face On His Story With Many Individual Interviews. He Also Carefully Documents The Enormity Of The Theft By Germany And Its Accomplices, But Doesn't Let Readers Forget That It Accompanied The Greatest Murder In History...the Book Is Well Worth Reading And It Is As Current As The Headlines... (douglas Bloomfield Is A Washington Based Political Analyst. His Syndicated Column Appears In Newspapers All Across America, Particularl;y In The Anglo-jewish Press.) This volume details the large scale, systematic looting of Europe's Jews by the Nazis of their money, gold, jewels, art, and property that began in Germany with the rise of Adolf Hitler, continued through the Holocaust and the Third Reich's occupation of Europe, and culminated in a postwar cloaking campaign that stretched from Scandinavia to the Balkans to Iberia. The author, who was among the first reporters to break the story that Swiss banks were still hoarding the assets of Holocaust, researched this heartbreaking story of human greed. With direct access to classified files and through exclusive interviews with bankers, government and Jewish officials, camp survivors, and the families of victims, he explains why it has taken more than fifty years for the world to even begin to come to terms with the massive pillage and plunder "It was the largest organized robbery in history - the detailed, systematic looting of Europe's Jews by the Nazis and most of the nations of Europe: Axis, Allied, and neutral. Journalist Richard Z. Chesnoff details the full scope of this monumental theft of money, gold, jewels, art, and property that began in Germany with the rise of Adolf Hitler, continued through the Holocaust and the Third Reich's occupation of Europe, and culminated in a postwar cloaking campaign that stretched from Scandinavia to the Balkans to Iberia."--BOOK JACKET. A richly told history of Nazi and Allied plunder before, during, and after World War II documents the systematic robbery of property, money, and valuables from the Jews of Europe, a theft that began with Hitler and was continued by the nations that defeated him. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.