Closing the Books: Jewish Insurance Claims from the Holocaust

by Charles Weiss | History |
ISBN: 1929631839 Global Overview for this book
Registered by IMissBookIt of Fort Wayne, Indiana USA on 4/6/2012
Buy from one of these Booksellers:
Amazon.com | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT | Bol.com
This book is in the wild! This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by IMissBookIt from Fort Wayne, Indiana USA on Friday, April 6, 2012
From the jacket, "A growing number of recent studies have attempted to set the record straight about the Holocaust, the most horrendous atrocity in modern history. First the Swiss banks were accused of silently hoarding millions of dollars that belonged to Jews who had perished in Nazi extermination camps. Under pressure the banks agreed to pay up, handing more than one billion dollars to heirs of depositors and to humanitarian causes related to the Holocaust."

"German corporations and banks that had profited from hundreds of thousands of slave and forced laborers then came under scrutiny. Germany established a foundation with up to five billion dollars, for "remembrance, responsibility, and the future, " to settle all claims."

"Life insurance policies that were never redeemed because the policyholders and the beneficiaries had simply vanished also came under scrutiny. The response was the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, or ICHEIC as it is known, with the mission of soliciting claims from the public worldwide and paying them off. It ended its work in March 2007, and this is its story."

Released 1 yr ago (1/27/2023 UTC) at Firefly Coffee House, 3523 N. Anthony Blvd. in Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Clearing out my shelf to start fresh, so I’m letting this one fly free! I hope somebody finds it and enjoys it.

Are you sure you want to delete this item? It cannot be undone.