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Swiss Banking Secrecy and the US-Swiss Conflict Over Holocaust Claims

Anna Berenika Pruska (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2022
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-87281-9 (ISBN)

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This book examines US-Swiss relations in the context of Swiss banking secrecy and Holocaust related claims from World War II until the end of the 1990s. During World War II, Switzerland had been purchasing Reichsbank’s gold and safeguarded the assets of the victims of Nazi Germany. This deeply impacted US-Swiss relations in the 1990s, and fueled a major conflict over dormant accounts and heirless assets of Holocaust victims. The US pressured Switzerland for Holocaust restitution using economic sanctions and a negative PR campaign. This culminated in a billion-dollar settlement, a reevaluation of wartime history by the Swiss, and a blow to Switzerland’s international image. This book analyzes US policy towards Switzerland as a case of projection of US economic, as opposed to military power.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.09.2022
Reihe/Serie	International Relations in Asia, Africa and the Americas ; 15
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	412 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	Anna • Banking • Berenika • Claims • conflict • Dormant Accounts • Grabowski • Heirless Accounts • Holocaust • Holocaust Litigation • Looted Gold • Marcin • Origins of Swiss Banking Secrecy • Pruska • secrecy • Swiss • Washington Accord
ISBN-10	3-631-87281-X / 363187281X
ISBN-13	978-3-631-87281-9 / 9783631872819
Zustand	Neuware