Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II

Eizenstat, Stuart E.

ISBN 10: 1586482408 / ISBN 13: 9781586482404

Published by PublicAffairs, 2004

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Synopsis:

In the second half of the 1990s, Stuart Eizenstat was perhaps the most controversial U.S. foreign policy official in Europe. His mission had nothing to do with Russia, the Middle East, Yugoslavia, or any of the other hotspots of the day. Rather, Eizenstat's mission was to provide justice,albeit belated and imperfect justice,for the victims of World War II. Imperfect Justice is Eizenstat's account of how the Holocaust became a political and diplomatic battleground fifty years after the war's end, as the issues of dormant bank accounts, slave labour, confiscated property, looted art, and unpaid insurance policies convulsed Europe and America. He recounts the often heated negotiations with the Swiss, the Germans, the French, the Austrians, and various Jewish organizations, showing how these moral issues, shunted aside for so long, exposed wounds that had never healed and conflicts that had never been properly resolved. Though we will all continue to reckon with the crimes of World War II for a long time to come, Eizenstat's account shows that it is still possible to take positive steps in the service of justice.

About the Author: Stuart E. Eizenstat served in several high-level positions in the State, Treasury, and Commerce Departments from 1993 to 2001. He is currently the head of international trade and finance at the law firm of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave ...
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good