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325 pp., notes, biblio, index. DJ: light rubbing.

325 pp., notes, biblio, index. DJ: light rubbing.

8vo., 325pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number

8vo., 325pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($25.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectible copy.

384, illus., footnotes, notes, bibliography, index. The first comprehensive

384, illus., footnotes, notes, bibliography, index. The first comprehensive expose of the network of theft and cloaking employed by the Nazis, their collaborators, the neutrals, and even the Allies, to steal billions from the Jews of Europe before, during, and after the Holocaust.

[10], 325, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tabular Data. Notes.

[10], 325, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tabular Data. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Corner of page 221/2 creased. Richard Z. Chesnoff, (1937-2015) was widely regarded as one of the most respected and knowledgeable journalists covering the Middle East. Early in his career he was a reporter for NBC News and the International Herald Tribune, before becoming the bureau chief in Paris for Newsweek. After returning to the United States, he served as the Executive Editor of Newsweek International and later was the Senior Correspondent for US News & World Report covering the Middle East. He was the winner of several Overseas Press Club Awards for his Middle East coverage, and wrote for the Daily News. He regularly appeared on CNN and Fox News. He spent many years in the Philippines as the honored guest of President Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, later becoming the first reporter to interview Col. Muammar Gaddafi after President Reagan bombed Libya in 1986. He was the author of several well-received books, including If Israel Lost The War with Ed Klein and Robert Littell, Philippines, Pack of Thieves and The Arrogance of the French. 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. Now, for the first time, prizewinning 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. Chesnoff, who was among the first reporters to break the story that Swiss banks were still hoarding the assets of Holocaust victims, traveled to fourteen countries to research this heartbreaking, compelling story of human greed. With direct access to hitherto classified files and through exclusive interviews with bankers, government and Jewish officials, camp survivors, and the families of victims, Chesnoff tells a tragic tale that will make the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers. Revealing new details that many governments and bankers would prefer to remain secret, he describes the detective work used to trace Holocaust assets that continue to be hidden inside the systems of Allied nations such as France and the Netherlands. With the deftness that comes with a journalist's deep understanding of events, Chesnoff 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. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: While Switzerland has borne the brunt of much of the public criticism for serving as "Hitler's banker, " Chesnoff makes it abundantly clear that people and governments in many countries took advantage of the plight of the Jews before and during WWII to enrich their coffers. From Swiss bankers to Italian insurance companies and the Swedish industrialist family Wallenberg, various parties were more than willing to cash in on the financial opportunities provided by the war. Indeed, by laundering money, numerous governments helped Germany prolong the war. Equally disheartening is how eager ordinary people were to move into houses and confiscate property that had been abandoned by Jews. Chesnoff, a senior correspondent with U.S. News & World Report, takes a country-by-country look at the wealth stolen from the Jews. While the looting began has a tool to help "Aryanize" Germany and German-held territory, the theft of Jewish property became an important element in financing the Nazi regime. Even after the war, both latent European anti-Semitism and the spread of communism made it all the more difficult to provide restitution to those who were robbed of their possessions. Chesnoff visited 11 countries, interviewed hundreds of people and examined newly...