ISBN: 9780066209562

In 1944, a Hungarian train was loaded with gold, gems, cash, paintings, and numerous other valuables stolen from Hungarian Jews. Roughly valued at more than $1.3 billion today, it vanishe… Mehr…

In 1944, a Hungarian train was loaded with gold, gems, cash, paintings, and numerous other valuables stolen from Hungarian Jews. Roughly valued at more than $1.3 billion today, it vanished while in transit-- a mystery that has remained unsolved and little known until now. Drawing on a decade' s worth of research into American, Israeli, and European archives as well as private papers, eyewitness accounts, and other sources, Ronald W. Zweig tells the full tale of the Gold Train. He reveals the large, corrupt cast of players enmeshed in the drama, including Hungarian and German Nazis, American and French armies, Jewish leaders from Hungary and Palestine, French security forces, and international refugee organizations. He examines the myths that have developed around it, and places this incredible event within the annals of Holocaust history, including its impact on restitution policies in the postwar years and today. An astonishing tale of espionage, betrayal, greed, secrecy, and depravity, The Gold Train is a thrilling read that rivals the best of John le CarrE, Robert Harris, and Alan Furst. Media > Book, [PU: Harper & Row; Collins; HarperCollins]<

2002, ISBN: 0066209560

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