Less Than Slaves Jewish Forced Labor and the Quest for Compensation

Name: Less Than Slaves Jewish Forced Labor and the Quest for Compensation
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ISBN: 9780253215307

ISBN-10: 0253215307

ISBN-13: 9780253215307

Edition: 2002

Authors: Benjamin B. Ferencz, Telford Taylor

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In this volume, Ferencz describes the efforts that were made to persuade German industrialists such as I.G. Farben, Krupp, AEG, Rheinmetall, and Daimler-Benz to compensate camp inmates exploited as forced laborers.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 4/4/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Benjamin B. Ferencz was the prosecutor at the Nuremberg trial of the SS Einsatzgruppen. Now in his eighties, Ferencz remains active as a teacher, lecturer, and author of books on international law and articles dealing with the creation of an international criminal court.



A Retrospective Evaluation


Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


Map



The Final Solution - A Brief Reminder


The Diabolical Design (1933-May 1939)


Conquest as a Prelude to Annihilation (August 1939-July 1940)


Auschwitz and Einsatzgruppen (July 1940-February 1942)


Extermination by Labor (February 1942-June 1944)


The German Defeat and Nuremberg



Auschwitz Survivors v. I. G. Farben


I. G. Farben on Trial


Jewish Organizations Enter the Fray


Bargaining about Auschwitz


Farben Settles


Verifying the Claims


Farben Demands a Refund


A Hardship Fund for the Destitute


Memorializing Those Who Perished



Accounting with Krupp


Krupp's Rise and Fall and Restoration


Former Slaves Demand a Payment


The Chips Are Down


A Deal Is Made


The Truth about Krupp's Camps


Dividing a Meager Loaf



The Electrical Companies See the Light


Keeping the Claims Afloat


Slaves Consigned Only on Demand


The Secret Settlement with AEG and Telefunken


Siemens Pays


Finding the Survivors



The Cannons of Rheinmetall


Hanging On in the Courts


Help from an Unexpected Quarter


The Power of the Press


A Most Unusual Deal


Dividing the Fund



The Shark Who Got Away


Frederick the Great


The Agreement That Never Was


Dangling in the Wind


To the Bitter End



A Medley of Disappointments


A Pyrrhic Victory


The Courageous Dr. Bartl and the Aircraft Companies


Brown Coal and Gasoline


Construction Companies as Slavemasters


A Global Approach Fails



The Last Word


Hate Is Never the Last Word


Appendixes


Notes


Index