Self-financing genocide [[electronic resource] ] : the gold train, the Becher case and the wealth of Hungarian Jews / / by Gábor Kádár and Zoltán Vági ; [translated by Enikő Koncz, Jim Tucker and András Kádár]
| Self-financing genocide [[electronic resource] ] : the gold train, the Becher case and the wealth of Hungarian Jews / / by Gábor Kádár and Zoltán Vági ; [translated by Enikő Koncz, Jim Tucker and András Kádár] |
| Autore | Kádár Gábor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.53/18132/09439 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VágiZoltán
KádárGábor |
| Soggetto topico |
Jews - Persecutions - Hungary
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary World War, 1939-1945 - Confiscations and contributions - Hungary Jewish property - Hungary |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786155211034
978-6-15521-103-4 615-5211-03-5 1-281-37696-5 9786611376963 1-4294-2627-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452134103321 |
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Self-financing genocide [[electronic resource] ] : the gold train, the Becher case and the wealth of Hungarian Jews / / by Gábor Kádár and Zoltán Vági ; [translated by Enikő Koncz, Jim Tucker and András Kádár]
| Self-financing genocide [[electronic resource] ] : the gold train, the Becher case and the wealth of Hungarian Jews / / by Gábor Kádár and Zoltán Vági ; [translated by Enikő Koncz, Jim Tucker and András Kádár] |
| Autore | Kádár Gábor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.53/18132/09439 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VágiZoltán
KádárGábor |
| Soggetto topico |
Jews - Persecutions - Hungary
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary World War, 1939-1945 - Confiscations and contributions - Hungary Jewish property - Hungary |
| Soggetto non controllato | 20th century, Holocaust, Hungary, Jewish studies, Jews, World War II |
| ISBN |
9786155211034
978-6-15521-103-4 615-5211-03-5 1-281-37696-5 9786611376963 1-4294-2627-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Prologue: The specifics of the genocide against Hungarian Jews -- Part I. Rationality and Holocaust: Self-financing Genocide -- 1. Hungarians and Jews -- 2. The demography and sociology of the Jews before the German occupation of Hungary -- 3. The economic status of Hungarian Jews -- 4. The wealth of the Hungarian Jews -- 5. The wealth of Hungarian Jews in international comparison -- 6. From crisis to crisis: Anti-Semitic concepts and practice (1919–1936) -- 7. Race-protectionism, the wealth of Jews, Aryanization (1936–1944) -- 8. The road to the Holocaust: Hungarian Jews during the Second World War (1939–1944) -- 9. 1944—The looting of Jewish wealth and its main problems: Speed, legal controversies, institutional rivalry, and the Germans -- 10. Lofty goals and disillusioning reality -- 11. Self-financing genocide 1: From death camps to budget, or: The Reich, occupied Europe, and Operation Reinhard -- 12. Self-financing genocide 2: Auschwitz-Birkenau, the German budget, and the postwar fate of Hungarian Jewish property and the Melmer deposits -- 13. Self-financing genocide 3: The profit to the Hungarian budget -- 14. Multiple plunder: The fate of Hungarian Jewish assets at the end of the war and after 1945 -- Part II. Legend and Reality: The Story of Kurt Becher -- 1. The character and the sources -- 2. Soldier, businessman, bureaucrat, mass murderer? Becher’s career until 1944 -- 3. Artificial chaos: Becher’s position in Hungary -- 4. In the gateway to success: The Weiss Manfréd affair -- 5. The Kasztner affair -- 6. Stopping deportations and death marches from Budapest -- 7. Halting the mass extermination of the Jews -- 8. Becher: Savior of the Pest ghetto and Chief Inspector of the concentration camps? -- 9. Evacuation: Removal of the Hungarian industry to the Reich -- 10. Becher’s personal gain -- 11. Assessment of Becher’s character -- Part III. The Story of the Hungarian Jewish Gold Train -- 1. Assembling the contents of the Gold Train -- 2. The train’s journey -- 3. The trucks and Toldy’s journey -- 4. International legal background and problems of definition -- 5. The fate of those contents of the Gold Train which fell into American hands (1945–1957) -- 6. Hungarian attempts to recover the contents of the Gold Train -- 7. Critique of U.S. restitution policy and practice pursued in relation to the Gold Train -- 8. The fate of the treasure that fell under French control -- 9. The value of the contents of the Gold Train -- 10. The historiography of the Gold Train -- Illustrations -- Appendix -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Geographical Names -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777790803321 |
Kádár Gábor
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| Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Self-financing genocide : the gold train, the Becher case and the wealth of Hungarian Jews / / by Gábor Kádár and Zoltán Vági ; [translated by Enikő Koncz, Jim Tucker and András Kádár]
| Self-financing genocide : the gold train, the Becher case and the wealth of Hungarian Jews / / by Gábor Kádár and Zoltán Vági ; [translated by Enikő Koncz, Jim Tucker and András Kádár] |
| Autore | Kádár Gábor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.53/18132/09439 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VágiZoltán
KádárGábor |
| Soggetto topico |
Jews - Persecutions - Hungary
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary World War, 1939-1945 - Confiscations and contributions - Hungary Jewish property - Hungary |
| Soggetto non controllato | 20th century, Holocaust, Hungary, Jewish studies, Jews, World War II |
| ISBN |
9786155211034
978-6-15521-103-4 615-5211-03-5 1-281-37696-5 9786611376963 1-4294-2627-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Prologue: The specifics of the genocide against Hungarian Jews -- Part I. Rationality and Holocaust: Self-financing Genocide -- 1. Hungarians and Jews -- 2. The demography and sociology of the Jews before the German occupation of Hungary -- 3. The economic status of Hungarian Jews -- 4. The wealth of the Hungarian Jews -- 5. The wealth of Hungarian Jews in international comparison -- 6. From crisis to crisis: Anti-Semitic concepts and practice (1919–1936) -- 7. Race-protectionism, the wealth of Jews, Aryanization (1936–1944) -- 8. The road to the Holocaust: Hungarian Jews during the Second World War (1939–1944) -- 9. 1944—The looting of Jewish wealth and its main problems: Speed, legal controversies, institutional rivalry, and the Germans -- 10. Lofty goals and disillusioning reality -- 11. Self-financing genocide 1: From death camps to budget, or: The Reich, occupied Europe, and Operation Reinhard -- 12. Self-financing genocide 2: Auschwitz-Birkenau, the German budget, and the postwar fate of Hungarian Jewish property and the Melmer deposits -- 13. Self-financing genocide 3: The profit to the Hungarian budget -- 14. Multiple plunder: The fate of Hungarian Jewish assets at the end of the war and after 1945 -- Part II. Legend and Reality: The Story of Kurt Becher -- 1. The character and the sources -- 2. Soldier, businessman, bureaucrat, mass murderer? Becher’s career until 1944 -- 3. Artificial chaos: Becher’s position in Hungary -- 4. In the gateway to success: The Weiss Manfréd affair -- 5. The Kasztner affair -- 6. Stopping deportations and death marches from Budapest -- 7. Halting the mass extermination of the Jews -- 8. Becher: Savior of the Pest ghetto and Chief Inspector of the concentration camps? -- 9. Evacuation: Removal of the Hungarian industry to the Reich -- 10. Becher’s personal gain -- 11. Assessment of Becher’s character -- Part III. The Story of the Hungarian Jewish Gold Train -- 1. Assembling the contents of the Gold Train -- 2. The train’s journey -- 3. The trucks and Toldy’s journey -- 4. International legal background and problems of definition -- 5. The fate of those contents of the Gold Train which fell into American hands (1945–1957) -- 6. Hungarian attempts to recover the contents of the Gold Train -- 7. Critique of U.S. restitution policy and practice pursued in relation to the Gold Train -- 8. The fate of the treasure that fell under French control -- 9. The value of the contents of the Gold Train -- 10. The historiography of the Gold Train -- Illustrations -- Appendix -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Geographical Names -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248239103316 |
Kádár Gábor
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| Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Self-financing genocide : the gold train, the Becher case and the wealth of Hungarian Jews / / by Gabor Kadar and Zoltan Vagi ; [translated by Eniko Koncz, Jim Tucker and Andras Kadar]
| Self-financing genocide : the gold train, the Becher case and the wealth of Hungarian Jews / / by Gabor Kadar and Zoltan Vagi ; [translated by Eniko Koncz, Jim Tucker and Andras Kadar] |
| Autore | Kádár Gábor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.53/18132/09439 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VágiZoltán
KadarGabor |
| Soggetto topico |
Jews - Persecutions - Hungary
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary World War, 1939-1945 - Confiscations and contributions - Hungary Jewish property - Hungary |
| ISBN |
1-003-72189-3
9786155211034 978-6-15521-103-4 615-5211-03-5 1-281-37696-5 9786611376963 1-4294-2627-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Prologue: The specifics of the genocide against Hungarian Jews -- Part I. Rationality and Holocaust: Self-financing Genocide -- 1. Hungarians and Jews -- 2. The demography and sociology of the Jews before the German occupation of Hungary -- 3. The economic status of Hungarian Jews -- 4. The wealth of the Hungarian Jews -- 5. The wealth of Hungarian Jews in international comparison -- 6. From crisis to crisis: Anti-Semitic concepts and practice (1919–1936) -- 7. Race-protectionism, the wealth of Jews, Aryanization (1936–1944) -- 8. The road to the Holocaust: Hungarian Jews during the Second World War (1939–1944) -- 9. 1944—The looting of Jewish wealth and its main problems: Speed, legal controversies, institutional rivalry, and the Germans -- 10. Lofty goals and disillusioning reality -- 11. Self-financing genocide 1: From death camps to budget, or: The Reich, occupied Europe, and Operation Reinhard -- 12. Self-financing genocide 2: Auschwitz-Birkenau, the German budget, and the postwar fate of Hungarian Jewish property and the Melmer deposits -- 13. Self-financing genocide 3: The profit to the Hungarian budget -- 14. Multiple plunder: The fate of Hungarian Jewish assets at the end of the war and after 1945 -- Part II. Legend and Reality: The Story of Kurt Becher -- 1. The character and the sources -- 2. Soldier, businessman, bureaucrat, mass murderer? Becher’s career until 1944 -- 3. Artificial chaos: Becher’s position in Hungary -- 4. In the gateway to success: The Weiss Manfréd affair -- 5. The Kasztner affair -- 6. Stopping deportations and death marches from Budapest -- 7. Halting the mass extermination of the Jews -- 8. Becher: Savior of the Pest ghetto and Chief Inspector of the concentration camps? -- 9. Evacuation: Removal of the Hungarian industry to the Reich -- 10. Becher’s personal gain -- 11. Assessment of Becher’s character -- Part III. The Story of the Hungarian Jewish Gold Train -- 1. Assembling the contents of the Gold Train -- 2. The train’s journey -- 3. The trucks and Toldy’s journey -- 4. International legal background and problems of definition -- 5. The fate of those contents of the Gold Train which fell into American hands (1945–1957) -- 6. Hungarian attempts to recover the contents of the Gold Train -- 7. Critique of U.S. restitution policy and practice pursued in relation to the Gold Train -- 8. The fate of the treasure that fell under French control -- 9. The value of the contents of the Gold Train -- 10. The historiography of the Gold Train -- Illustrations -- Appendix -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Geographical Names -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910962921203321 |
Kádár Gábor
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| Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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