Walls around : the plunder of Warsaw Jewry during World War II and its aftermath / Itamar Levin ; translated by Rachel Neiman ; foreword by Dina Porat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Itamar.

Contributor:

Neiman, Rachel.

Standardized Title:

Shod ṿa-shever. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Poland--Warsaw.

World War, 1939-1945.

Jewish property--Poland--Warsaw--History--20th century.

Jewish property.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

History.

Poland--Warsaw.

Confiscations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Praeger, 2004.

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Levin, Itamar. Shod ṿa-shever. English. Walls around.

ISBN:

0275976491

9780275976491

OCLC:

53913027