Cover illustration: Time of Shoah 22112, 40 × 50 cm, acrylic on canvas, wood. Lev Stern, painter, sculpturer, and architect.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mor, Aharon author
Title: Betraying the trust: Israel, Europe and restitution after the Holocaust / by Aharon Mor.
Description: Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2025. | Series: Brill’s series in Jewish studies, 0926–2261; volume 79 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025040884 (print) | LCCN 2025040885 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004738263 hardback | ISBN 9789004738270 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Reparations | World War, 1939–1945—Destruction and pillage | World War, 1939–1945—Claims | Reparations for historical injustices | Unjust enrichment | Trust--Religious aspects—Judaism | Israel—Relations—Europe | Europe—Relations—Israel
Classification: LCC D818. M67 2025 (print) | LCC D818 (ebook) | DDC 940.53/1422—dc23/eng/20250924
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025040884
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025040885
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ISSN 0926-2261
ISBN 978-90-04-73826-3 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-73827-0 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004738270
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