In East Europe the Germans and Austrians and their local henchmen destroyed the age-old communities that were the cradle of Jewish spirituality and scholarship, the influence of which spread far beyond its borders. The wholesale slaughter of millions of Jews in communities great and small was ...
“Robbery and Restitutionadds to the excellent reputation of Berghahn’s Studies on War and Genocide series under the general editorship of Omer Bartov and Dirk Moses. Readers familiar with the series know that it summarizes the most recent research on such topics as “the Massacre in History,”...
The earliest Jews, who arrived with the conquistadors, came from Sephardic (Spanish-North African-Israel) communities.8 After the Mexican period, Jewry in Texas was essentially populated by immigrants from Germany, eastern Europe, and the Americas.9Lyndon Johnson’s maternal...
Jewish property in Central and Eastern Europe New development in restitution and compensation claimsSieradzka, KLerman, A
U.S. lawmakers warn Eastern Europe on restitution of Jewish propertyJennifer Batog
made to bring Jews to Palestine. In fact, it was not until after theestablishment of the State of Israelin May 1948 and the liberalization of American immigration laws in 1948 and 1949 (allowing the admission ofrefugeesfromEurope) that the problem of finding homes for the survivors was solved...