Robbery And Restitution—The Conflict over Jewish Property in Europe

A January 2002 conference in Berlin drew historians from several European countries and the US who have studied the Holocaust in particular and World War II in general to discuss the theft of Jewish property by the Nazi regime and later restitution for the crimes. The 16 papers, just by dealing with so many countries and border-crossings, represents an example of European History, as opposed to national history. Frequent mention of this English edition suggest that there is another one, but no information is provided. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Constantin Goschler teaches modern history at the Humboldt-University, Berlin. He also taught at the universities of Prague, Jena and Bochum. His main fields of interest are transitional justice in the 20th century, history of science and the history of political ideas in the 19th century. He published several articles and books on restitution and indemnification for Nazi victims.