| ID | 096641 |
| Title Proper | How the Jewish community defeated the banks and stock exchange in the 2000 Dutch restitution negotiations |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gerstenfeld, Manfred |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) |
In the mid-1990s there was a sudden renewed public interest in the issue of looted Jewish possessions during the war and their very partial restitution afterward. In the Netherlands, public interest in restitution issues gradually reemerged after several decades of almost total silence. In the late 1990s, public inquiries focused on the government, banks, insurers, and the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. At the turn of the twentieth century, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange was controlled by the major Dutch banks. The restitution negotiations between the Jewish umbrella-body CJO and the exchange therefore became part of those with the Dutch Banking Association (NVB). After exceedingly low financial proposals by the exchange, the representatives of Dutch Jewry in the Netherlands and Israel involved the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in the negotiations. The WJC in turn approached the Hevesi Committee of American comptrollers. Seeing the American business of their members threatened, the NVB agreed to increase the offered payment more than thirtyfold. |
| `In' analytical Note | Jewish Political Studies Review Vol. 22, No. 1-2; Spr 2010: p43-58 |
| Journal Source | Jewish Political Studies Review Vol. 22, No. 1-2; Spr 2010: p43-58 |
| Key Words | Jewish Community ; Banks ; Stock Exchange ; Dutch ; War Victims |