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'Nazi Looting does endure as a testament to the far reaching, systematic exploitation and robbery of the Dutch Jews, whose savings and propety were plundered by German officials and Dutch fellow citizens alike...It has also proved invaluable for countless Dutch Survivors seeking to investigate the plight of their families' property during the greatest looting in Dutch history ... Aalder's work has served as a vital reference tool for commissions charged with investigating the extent of the wartime looting and the effectiveness of the post-war recovery process. It has also proved invaluable for countless Dutch survivors seeking to investigate the plight of their families' property' H-Net Book Review by Jennifer L. Foray, Department of History, Columbia University 'Nazi Looting provides the first in-depth and accessible study of the multiplicity of ways in which the Nazis stole Jewish property in the wartime Netherlands. Gerard Aalders' meticulous and exhaustive research brings out all the political and economic facets of this contentious and topical subject. Essential reading for a true understanding of Nazi policies in occupied Western Europe.'Bob Moore, University of Sheffield A comprehensive account of the pillage of Jewish properties during the occupation of the Netherlands. Holocaust and Genocide StudiesThe book's value lies primarily in Aalders' attempt to write the missing standard work on the pilfering of Jewish property. NRC HandelsbladAalders' great achievement is his detailed reconstruction and, wherever possible, quantification of all those discreet and less-discreet regulations and actions aimed at separating Jews from their property. Vrij Nederland

Nazi Looting does endure as a testament to the far reaching, systematic exploitation and robbery of the Dutch Jews, whose savings and propety were plundered by German officials and Dutch fellow citizens alike...It has also proved invaluable for countless Dutch Survivors seeking to investigate the plight of their families' property during 'the greatest looting in Dutch history'... Aalder's work has served as a vital reference tool for commissions charged with investigating the extent of the wartime looting and the effectiveness of the post-war recovery process. H-Net Book Review by Jennifer L. Foray, Department of History, Columbia University Nazi Looting provides the first in-depth and accessible study of the multiplicity of ways in which the Nazis stole Jewish property in the wartime Netherlands.

'Nazi Looting does endure as a testament to the far reaching, systematic exploitation and robbery of the Dutch Jews, whose savings and propety were plundered by German officials and Dutch fellow citizens alike...It has also proved invaluable for countless Dutch Survivors seeking to investigate the plight of their families' property during 'the greatest looting in Dutch history'... Aalder's work has served as a vital reference tool for commissions charged with investigating the extent of the wartime looting and the effectiveness of the post-war recovery process. It has also proved invaluable for countless Dutch survivors seeking to investigate the plight of their families' property' H-Net Book Review by Jennifer L. Foray, Department of History, Columbia University 'Nazi Looting provides the first in-depth and accessible study of the multiplicity of ways in which the Nazis stole Jewish property in the wartime Netherlands. Gerard Aalders' meticulous and exhaustive research brings

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Gerard Aalders Senior Researcher,Netherlands Institute for War Documentation Translated from the Dutch by Arnold Pomerans with Erica Pomerans

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