Autorentext

Tobias Straumann is a professor of modern and economic history at the University of Zurich. He studied in Berkeley, Bielefeld, Paris and Zurich and held visiting positions at the University of Lausanne, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Oxford. He has published widely on the financial and monetary history of the twentieth century, including 1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler(OUP, 2019).

Klappentext

The destruction left by Nazi Germany was horrendous. Tobias Straumann tells the story of how, why, and to what extent 'Hitler's Debt' was 'paid' in the aftermath of WWII.

Inhalt

• List of Figures

• List of Illustrations

• List of Tables

• Introduction

• PART I: THE PLAN

• 1: Hitler's Debt

• 2: A French Surprise

• 3: Breakthrough a the Waldorf

• PART II: A DIFFICULT START

• 4: Stubborn Germans

• 5: Saving Germany from bankruptcy

• PART III: COLLUSION

• 6: A Secret Meeting in Paris

• 7: Finding the Right Words

• PART IV: COLLISION

• 8: The Soul of Israel

• 9: 'Adding insult to injury'

• PART V: THE GRAND BARGAIN

• 10: 'What do we do now?'

• 11: German Reparations to Israel

• 12: The Settlement of Hitler's Debt

• Conclusion

• References