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The Gold Train
In 1944, as the Soviet army closed in on Budapest, a train rolled out of the station. On that train were carriage after carriage of loot - gold, diamonds, furs, wedding rings - plundered in one of the most shameful crimes of the century. Commanded by Arpad Toldi, key organiser of the Hungarian Holocaust, and harbouring a desperate group of fascist ideologues, soldiers and thieves, the gold train was destined for a Nazi stronghold in the Alps. It would never make arrive. Along its crazed journey the train's contents were pilfered, fought over, hidden and scattered, until they became the stuff of legend, with legal claims unresolved even today. What is the truth about this mythical cargo? In The Gold Train Ronald Zweig reveals the full story of one of the most terrible mysteries of the Second World War.
German Reparations and the Jewish World
German Reparations and the Jewish World" has become a standard reference work since it was first published. Based extensively on archival sources, the author examines the difficult debate within the Jewish world whether it was possible to reach a material settlement with Germany so soon after Auschwitz. Concentrating on how the money was spent in rebuilding Jewish life, he also analyzes how the reparations payments transformed the relations bteween Israel and the diaspora, and between different Jewish political and ideological groups. This revised and expanded edition includes material on sensitive relief programmes from archives that have only recently been opened to researchers. In a new, extensive introductory essay the author reexamines the reparations, restitution and indemnification processes from the perspective of 50 years later.
David Ben-Gurion
First published in 2004. It may well be that genius begins where fear ends: not to be afraid to question what is known, not to be afraid to be original. David Ben-Gurion did not try to imitate anyone...He was endowed with a mind that sought out whats was new and was capable of penetrating the deepest recesses. First and foremost, he challenged every Jew who believed it was the fate of Jews to live in the Diaspora, and he believed that the Jews could be a nation of farmers, industrialists, soldiers, pioneers, and not only scientists and intellectuals. He decided that the time had come to establish a Jewish state, yet once it had been founded, he was not satisfied- it must be an exemplary state, a chosen state.
Escape Through Austria
After World War II, Jewish refugee camps were scattered across Germany and Austria. Austria straddled the escape routes for the refugees from Central Europe to Italy, where they were able to board illegal immigrant ships for Mandatory Palestine. This work covers insights into modern Jewish history.
New Perspectives on Israeli History
This volume, the first in the series New perspectives on Jewish studies, published by the Berman Center for Jewish Studies and NYU Press, draws upon recent Israeli and North American historiography to shed new light on fundamental social, political, and cultural issues surrounding the emergence of the State of Israel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Abba Hillel Silver and American Zionism
The essays collected here investigate Rabbi Silver's Zionist political leadership, his impact on American Judaism, ideological orientation and relations with the leaders of the Palestine Jewish community, World Zionist Organization and the Jewish State.
The Making of an Alliance
A critical overview and re-evaluation of the origins and development of the 'special' relations between Israel and the United States.
My World as a Jew
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The Gold Train
In 1944 with the Red Army rapidly closing in, an extraordinary ragbag of fascist ideologues, thieves, civil servants and soldiers jumped on to the Gold Train in Budapest and headed west. On that train were carriage after carriage of loot gleaned from one of the century's most terrible crimes.
The Oxford Handbook of the Jewish Diaspora
"The reality of diaspora has shaped Jewish history, its demography, its economic relationships, and the politics which that impacted the lives of Jews with each other and with the non-Jews among whom they lived. Jews have moved around the globe since the beginning of their history, maintaining relationships with their former Jewish neighbors, who had chosen other destinations and at the same time forging relationships in their new homes with Jews from widely different places of origin"--
