Siegfried Moses. Jewish Post-War Claims.

Estimate

$500–$700

Hammer price

Not recorded

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author

(HOLOCAUST).

printer

Irgun Olej Merkas Europa

Place

Tel Aviv

Publication

1944

Description

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

summary

First publication demanding financial reparations from Germany. Long before the war ended, the author formulated the proposition that should a State commit an injustice, an individual citizen is entitled to make a personal claim against it. This legal opinion became the basis for the reparations paid by the Federal Republic of Germany to the Jewish People. Siegfried Moses (1887-1974) had been chairman of the Zionist Federation of Germany (ZVfD). Upon his Aliyah to Palestine, Moses rose to become the first State Comptroller of the State of Israel.

pp. (4), 89. Original printed wrappers, stained, edges chipped. Ex-libris stamp: Tel Aviv University Wiener Library. 18mo.

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