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Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks
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Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks Paperback - 2013

by Jane Schapiro

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On October 21, 1996, attorney Michael Hausfeld, with a team of lawyers, filed a class-action complaint against Union Bank of Switzerland, Swiss Bank Corporation, and Credit Suisse on behalf of Holocaust victims. The suit accused the banks of, among other things, acting as the chief financiers for Nazi Germany. On August 12, 1998, the plaintiffs and banks reached a $1.25 billion settlement. Through detailed research, court transcripts, and interviews with politicians, attorneys, historians, and survivors, Jane Schapiro shows how egos, personalities, and values clashed in this complex and emotionally charged case. Inside a Class Action provides an insider's view of a major lawsuit from its inception to its conclusion and will appeal to anyone interested in human rights, reparations, and international law.

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  • Title Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks
  • Author Jane Schapiro
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
  • Publication date 2013
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780299193348 / 0299193349
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
    • Cultural Region: Central Europe
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Category Legal Reference / Law Profession
  • Library of Congress subjects Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Trials - New York (State) - New York
  • Dewey Decimal Code 347.735

About the author

Jane Schapiro is the author of a volume of poetry, Tapping This Stone, and a chapbook, Mrs. Cave's House. Her essays and poems have appeared in publications such as The American Book Review, The American Scholar, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, The Sun, and Yankee. She lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks

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