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A legal case led by a lone woman against one of the largest multinationals. A personal and explosive true story detailing the seizure of a home under the Nazis and the ongoing attempt to reclaim it.
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« L'Oréal a pris ma maison » : cet étrange leitmotiv, si souvent entendu dans la bouche de sa mère, a marqué l'enfance de Monica Waitzfelder. C'est pour en percer le mystère que la jeune femme se lance dans une véritable enquête policière. Elle découvre un passé tragique : ses grands-parents, les Rosenfelder, ont possédé une propriété, à Karlsruhe en Allemagne. Ils ont dû l'abandonner en 1937, ainsi que tous leurs biens, pour se réfugier en France avec leur jeune enfant, la mère de Monica : juifs, ils subissent persécutions, spoliations et sont victimes de la Shoah. Après la guerre, tous les biens ne sont pas restitués : sur l'emplacement de rêve de la maison des Rose...
A hard-hitting essay combined with factual reportage on the new anti-semitism throughout Europe. This book argues that what the 21st century now faces is an ideological assault based on hatred of Jews which is as serious as any major threat to universal values as the world has faced. Anti-semitism is the visible language and action of a deeper threat to world peace, to the achievements of the human spirit we call the Enlightenment, and undermines vital work to address problems like poverty and the challenges of the environment. Denis MacShane's survey of 21st century anti-semitism is based on the All-Party Commission of Enquiry which was chaired by the author in the UK. His book considers ex...
This book explores the diverse ways in which Holocaust representations have influenced and structured how other genocides are understood and represented in the West. Rebecca Jinks focuses in particular on the canonical 20th century cases of genocide: Armenia, Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda. Using literature, film, photography, and memorialisation, she demonstrates that we can only understand the Holocaust's status as a 'benchmark' for other genocides if we look at the deeper, structural resonances which subtly shape many representations of genocide. Representing Genocide pursues five thematic areas in turn: how genocides are recognised as such by western publics; the representation of the orig...
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