His Majesty's Enemies: Great Britain's War Against Holocaust Victims and Survivors

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Itamar Levin, the journalist who uncovered the affair, describes British policy towards the Jewish people during the Holocaust era, particulary the construction of obstacles that prevented thousands from being saved. Levin then examines Britain's intentional and unabashed use of Holocaust victims and survivors property after World War II. This book describes the affair, which is relatively unknown to the general public, but which has already been described by public figures as one of the most serious incidents of the looting of the Holocaust victims' property. Levin documents, from the British Public Office files, the cynical manner in which His Majesty's goverment expropriated victims' assets in order to compensate British citizens who had claims against former enemy countries. He also describes the suffering of survivors until some of them managed, after years of struggle, to retrieve small portions of their property. He also deals with the struggle for a change in British policy which began with the publication of Levin's investigative report in June, 1997 and which continues to the present.

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.,."a solid piece of scholarship...Students of Britain in the Second World War, the Holocaust, and Allied policy during the Nazi era, would benefit from reading this book..."-Albion Fall 2002
.,."the first book to describe a relatively unknown injustice committed by the British government against the Jewish people during the holocaust era."-Bulletin of Arnol & Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research
...a solid piece of scholarship...Students of Britain in the Second World War, the Holocaust, and Allied policy during the Nazi era, would benefit from reading this book...-Albion Fall 2002
...the first book to describe a relatively unknown injustice committed by the British government against the Jewish people during the holocaust era.-Bulletin of Arnol & Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research
Itamar Levin's new book provides convincing evidence that similar conflicts produced a distinctly unfriendly British response toward postwar Jewish efforts to recover lost or confiscated property....Levin has an important story to tell, and he tells it with a readable, if sometimes exaggerated, passion.-German Studies Review
..."a solid piece of scholarship...Students of Britain in the Second World War, the Holocaust, and Allied policy during the Nazi era, would benefit from reading this book..."-Albion Fall 2002
..."the first book to describe a relatively unknown injustice committed by the British government against the Jewish people during the holocaust era."-Bulletin of Arnol & Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research
"Itamar Levin's new book provides convincing evidence that similar conflicts produced a distinctly unfriendly British response toward postwar Jewish efforts to recover lost or confiscated property....Levin has an important story to tell, and he tells it with a readable, if sometimes exaggerated, passion."-German Studies Review

Author Bio

ITAMAR LEVIN is Deputy Editor in Chief of Globes-Israel's Business Newspaper. Levin has led the world's media in reporting and uncovering the fate of looted Jewish property in Europe. A frequent lecturer on the subject, Levin also is an advisor to various public institutions, including the Israel government. His latest book is The Last Deposit: Swiss Banks and Holocaust Victims' Accounts (Praeger, 1999). NATASHA DORNBERG is a high tech consultant.