Locked doors : the seizure of Jewish property in Arab countries / Itamar Levin ; translated by Rachel Neiman ; foreword by Abraham Hirchson and Israel Singer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Itamar.

Standardized Title:

Sheḳiʻah ba-mizra. English

Language:

English

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Subjects (All):

Jewish property--Arab countries--History--20th century.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Confiscations and contributions--History--20th century.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

History.

Jewish property.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

xvii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Summary:

For the first time, a little known aspect of the Middle Eastern tragedy, the confiscation of Jewish property in Arab lands, is detailed.

Contents:

1 "Precisely As In Nazi Germany" The Jews of Iraq, from the Golden Age to Persecution, after the Establishment of the State of Israel 1

2 "They Wallow About In A Desperate State" The Jews of Iraq Lose Their Citizenship and Property 21

3 "It Caused A Panic" Freezing Property Owned by the Jews of Iraq 43

4 "Down To Their Last Crust Of Bread" Highs and Lows for the Jews of Iraq, from the 1950s to Saddam Hussein 63

5 "Mother Locked The Door And Left" The State of Israel Is Established: The Jews of Egypt Pay the Price 87

6 "An Evil Duplication Of Hitler's Aryanism" The Sinai Campaign: Egypt's Jews Are Banished and Their Property Taken 101

7 "We Had No Home" The Egyptian Deportees Register Claims with Partial Restitution for Some 121

8 "Our House Had Become A Ruin" Community Property Lost, Private Property Stolen 141

9 "Poison, Hatred, And Destruction" Persecution of the Jews of Syria upon the Establishment of the State of Israel 161

10 "For God's Sake, Please Help Us" The Jews of Syria Between Persecution and Relief 185

11 "The Community Was Reduced To Ruin" The Jews of Lebanon: Between Prosperity and Total Annihilation 203

12 "Our Account With The Arab World" Israeli Policy and Attitudes of Immigrants from Arab Countries Toward the Question of Property 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-255) and index.

ISBN:

0275971341

OCLC:

46321320