Figures
Estate of Aron Malowany (author’s paternal grandfather) on Szkolna 1 St, Goworowo, Poland (ChatGPT). Based upon research conducted by Jerzy Cichowski (Goworowo: Poland, 2000) XII
Time of Shoah 22112 XXI
Raphael Lemkin 14
Flag of Israel 27
Flag of Vatican City 288
Flag of Germany 27
Flag of Poland 295
Flag of Hungary 298
Flag of Romania 300
Flag of France 301
Flag of Czech Republic 166
Flag of Austria 302
Flag of Slovakia 306
Flag of Norway 309
Flag of US 157
Flag of Britain 152
Flag of Sweden 161
Flag of Lithuania 163
Flag of European Parliament 184
“Woman in Gold”. Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Oil and gold leaf on canvas 140 cm × 140 cm 205
Swiss Banks 217
Insurance 233
Property of Engelman-Kaplan family in Pułtusk, Poland 294
Property of Deutsch, Weil, Yavin family in Liberec, Czech Republic 304
HEART postcard 376
Tables
1 Pre-Holocaust-era Jewish assets (1938): percentage (%) by types 4
2 Shoah restitution: recipients and substance 4
3 Value of assets by country owned by individual Jews before the Shoah, value of property restitution, and value of humanitarian payments from restitution 8
4 WJRO member organizations 2022 67
5 WJRO founders (in chronological order) 70
6 WJRO political appointments (in chronological order) 70
7 WJRO leadership 1993–2024 73
8 WJRO annual income 1993–2022 75
9 US presidents and special envoys for Holocaust issues 1993–2024 147
10 Israel government’s leadership on Shoah restitution 1993–2024 149
11 Holocaust (Shoah) restitution major international conferences 1997–2022 151
12 Waves of Shoah restitution 282
13 Shoah restitution in eight top EU countries by value of assets owned by individual Jews before the Shoah (in descending order) 286
14 Major US financial indexes 10
Appendix 1: Timeline (1943–2024) 333
Appendix 2: Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and Staff Report, December 2000 360
Appendix 3: Project HEART Submission Form 367