Twice Disowned by Slovenia? The Holocaust, Postwar Trials of Jewish Textile Manufacturers, and a Six-Decade Quest for Justice
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In August 1945, a small group of Jewish industrialists was tried in absentia by the military court in Maribor, Yugoslavia. They were convicted of “war crimes” and sentenced to confiscation of property. Part of the nationalization policies of the new Communist government, the episode related to specifically Jewish experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust. Subsequent legal cases seeking redress involved agencies of Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Great Britain, the United States, and post-1991 Slovenia over several decades. This article reconstructs the sources, circumstances, and complex consequences of the legal cases in order to uncover structural and ideological factors underpinning the repeated failures of Jewish survivor claims. It sheds light on the memory wars shaping political life in Eastern Europe today, and it sharpens understandings that should facilitate efforts towards restitution of Jewish property.
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Holocaust Holocaust Survivors Restitution and Reparations Memorial Post-1989 Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial
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32(2)
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173–206
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Link to article (paywalled), Twice Disowned by Slovenia? The Holocaust, Postwar Trials of Jewish Textile Manufacturers, and a Six-Decade Quest for Justice
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Twice Disowned by Slovenia? The Holocaust, Postwar Trials of Jewish Textile Manufacturers, and a Six-Decade Quest for Justice. 2018: 173–206. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1093/hgs/dcy036
