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a| 0275976491
q| alkaline paper
a| DLC
b| eng
e| rda
c| DLC
d| UKM
d| GZM
d| C#P
a| D810.C8
b| L48513 2004
a| Shod ṿa-shever.
l| English
a| Walls around :
b| the plunder of Warsaw Jewry during World War II and its aftermath /
c| Itamar Levin ; translated by Rachel Neiman ; foreword by Dina Porat.
a| Westport, CT :
b| Praeger,
c| 2004.
a| xiii, 284 pages :
b| illustrations ;
c| 25 cm
a| text
b| txt
2| rdacontent
a| unmediated
b| n
2| rdamedia
a| volume
b| nc
2| rdacarrier
a| Includes bibliographical references and index.
a| Introduction : "We must finish off the Jews" : theft of Jewish property as an instrument of genocide -- "Sucking the last drops of blood" : apartments taken, furniture stolen, income cut -- "One enormous funeral" : establishing the ghetto : Germans, Poles, and Jews steal the remaining property -- "A terrifying, shocking cry" : the results of theft : poverty, starvation, disease, and death -- "The ghetto turned into hell" : mass deportation : Warsaw's Jews sent to die, their property looted -- "Capitalizing on tragedy" : Treblinka : theft on the way to the gas chambers, and afterward -- "Guaranteed lost for eternity" : the war's aftermath : the survivors leave Poland and their property behind -- "We are losing precious time" : present and future : internal strife among Jews while Poland shirks responsibility.
a| Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
a| World War, 1939-1945
x| Confiscations and contributions
z| Poland
z| Warsaw.
a| Jewish property
z| Poland
z| Warsaw
x| History
y| 20th century.
a| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
z| Poland
z| Warsaw.
b| stacks
h| D810.C8
i| L48513 2004