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For the first time, a little known aspect of the Middle Eastern tragedy, the confiscation of Jewish property in Arab lands, is detailed.

Table of Contents

Introduction "Precisely as in Nazi Germany"--The Jews of Iraq, from the Golden Age to Persecution, after the Establishment of the State of Israel "They Wallow about in Desperate State"--The Jews of Iraq Lose Their Citizenship and Property "It Caused a Panic"--Freezing Property Owned by the Jews of Iraq "Down to Their Last Crust of Bread"--Highs and Lows for the Jews of Iraq from the 1950s to Saddam Hussein "Mother Locked the Door and Left"--The State of Israel is Established-the Jews of Egypt Pay the Price "An Evil Duplication of Hitler's Aryanism"--The Sinai Campaign--Epypt's Jews Are Banished and Their Property Taken "We Had No Home"--The Egyptian Deportees Register Claims with Partial Restitution for Some "Our House Had Become a Ruin"--Community Property Lost--Private Property Stolen "Poison, Hatred, and Destruction"--Persecution of the Jews of Syria upon the Extablishment of the State of Israel "For God's Sake, Please Help Us"--The Jews of Syria between Persecution and Relief "The Community was Reduced to Ruin"--The Jews of Lebanon--Between Property and Total Annihilation "Our Account with the Arab World"--Israeli Policy, Immigrants from Arab Countries and the Question of Property Bibliography Index

About the Author

ITAMAR LEVIN is Managing Editor of Globe—-Israel's Business Newspaper. Since 1995, Levin has been the world's leading journalist in researching and reporting on the issue of Holocaust victims' assets. His previous publications include The Last Deposit: Swiss Banks and Holocaust Victims' Accounts (Praeger, 1999) and His Majesty's Enemies: Britain's War Against Holocaust Victims and Survivors (Praeger, 2001). RACHEL NEIMAN is Managing Editor of Israel's Business Arena (Globes' English web site).

Reviews

?Itamar Levin, managing editor of Globes Israel's business daily, has breathed new life into an old and heart-wrenching saga....the publication of ocked Doors has raised hopes among Jewish refugees from Arab countries now living in Israel that their rightful compensation might be realized.?-The B'nai B'rith International Jewish Monthly

"Itamar Levin, managing editor of Globes Israel's business daily, has breathed new life into an old and heart-wrenching saga....the publication of ocked Doors has raised hopes among Jewish refugees from Arab countries now living in Israel that their rightful compensation might be realized."-The B'nai B'rith International Jewish Monthly