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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778265603321

Autore

Lorenz-Meyer Martin

Titolo

Safehaven [[electronic resource] ] : the Allied pursuit of Nazi assets abroad / / Martin Lorenz-Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8262-6586-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Disciplina

940.53/1

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Reparations

German property - Foreign countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-365) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hidden battles : economic warfare during World War II -- The beginnings of the Safehaven program -- Safehaven and reparations : officials disagree -- Safehaven and reparations : the big three decide -- Safehaven and Sweden in 1944 and 1945 -- Quo Vadis, Safehaven? -- An Allied quarrel : how to approach the neutral countries -- Negotiations with Sweden, 1946 -- Swedish payments, liquidation of German assets, and the final Swedish-German settlement, 1946-1946.

Sommario/riassunto

"A detailed study of the development and collapse of the Safehaven Program initiated by the Federal Economic Administration, advocated by Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, and reluctantly supported by Britain and France that focused on averting post-World War II German aggression by investigating and confiscating German assets in neutral countries"--Provided by publisher.