Justice and restitution in post-Nazi Romania : rebuilding Jewish lives and communities, 1944-1950 / Stefan Cristian Ionescu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ionescu, Ștefan Cristian, 1976- author.

Series:

New studies in European history.

New studies in European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Romania--History--20th century.

Jews.

Holocaust survivors--Romania--Social conditions.

Holocaust survivors.

Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Romania.

Reconstruction (1939-1951).

Romania--Ethnic relations.

Romania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

On 23rd August 1944, following the collapse of the pro-Nazi dictatorship of Ion Antonescu, Romania changed sides and abandoned the Axis to join the Allies. Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi Romania explores the hopes, struggles and disappointments of Jewish communities in Romania seeking to rebuild their lives after the Holocaust. Focusing on the efforts of survivors to recuperate rights and property, Stefan Cristian Ionescu demonstrates how the early transitional government enabled short term restitution. However, from 1948, the consolidated communist regime implemented nationalizations which dispossessed many citizens. Jewish communities were disproportionality affected, and real estate and many businesses were lost once again. Drawing on archival sources from government documentation to diaries and newspaper reports, this study explores both the early success and later reversal of restitution policies. In doing so, it sheds light on the postwar treatment of Romanian Jewish survivors, and the reasons so many survivors emigrated from Romania.

Contents:

Post-Holocaust Romania and its political, social, and economic context

Rebuilding Jewish lives and communities

Negotiations and drafting of the main restitution laws

The public opinion and the topic of restitution

Negotiating the peace treaty and restitution with the Allies

Restitution through court litigation

Communist nationalizations, Jewish property, and emigration.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781009466899

1009466895

9781009466868

1009466860

9781009466851

1009466852