Since the mid-1990s, political, legal, and historical debates about Nazi theft and confiscation of property, the use of slave labor during World War II, and restitution and compensation have re-emerged. This text presents historical research on these issues conducted worldwide.
Über den Autor Oliver Rathkolb
Born in Vienna in 1955, Professor OLIVER RATHKOLB is head of the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna. The author of numerous publications on Austrian and international contemporary, cultural and music history, Professor Rathkolb has also been the editor of the journal Zeitgeschichte since 2002 and is chairman of the scientific advisory board of the House of Austrian History.