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Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks
Jane Schapiro
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HB; JPVH; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
On October 21, 1996, attorney Michael Hausfeld, with a team of lawyers, filed a class-action complaint against Union Bank of Switzerland, Swiss Bank Corporation, and Credit Suisse on behalf of Holocaust victims. The suit accused the banks of, among other things, acting as the chief financiers for Nazi Germany. On August 12, 1998, the plaintiffs and banks reached a $1.25 billion settlement. Through detailed research, court transcripts, and interviews with politicians, attorneys, historians, and survivors, Jane Schapiro shows how egos, personalities, and values clashed in this complex and emotionally ... Read more
On October 21, 1996, attorney Michael Hausfeld, with a team of lawyers, filed a class-action complaint against Union Bank of Switzerland, Swiss Bank Corporation, and Credit Suisse on behalf of Holocaust victims. The suit accused the banks of, among other things, acting as the chief financiers for Nazi Germany. On August 12, 1998, the plaintiffs and banks reached a $1.25 billion settlement. Through detailed research, court transcripts, and interviews with politicians, attorneys, historians, and survivors, Jane Schapiro shows how egos, personalities, and values clashed in this complex and emotionally ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299193348
SKU
V9780299193348
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About Jane Schapiro
Jane Schapiro is the author of a volume of poetry, Tapping This Stone, and a chapbook, Mrs. Cave’s House. Her essays and poems have appeared in publications such as The American Book Review, The American Scholar, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, The Sun, and Yankee.
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