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Sudbina jevrejskog kapitala tokom nemačke okupacije Srbije 1941-1944
Destiny of Jewish Capital during German Occupation of Serbia

Author(s): Vesna S. Aleksić
Subject(s): History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: HESPERIAedu
Keywords: Jewish financial capital; occupation; Nazification; Deutsche Bank

Summary/Abstract: In Serbian historiography still remained insufficiently investigated the issue of the role and significance of certain German banks in transferring Jewish capital from Serbian banks during WW II. This article to, through analysis of relevant historical sources and literature, point out very clear principles and exceptionally precise methods used by German occupation authorities, together with most important German financial institutions, while conducting so called ’racist experiment’ in Serbian banking. That experiment included targeting and takeover of Serbian bank with highest concentration of Jewish financial capital in Yugoslavia, Aryanization of personnel, detailed inventory of Jewish financial capital in banks from territory controlled by German occupation authorities in Serbia, redirection of that capital to German bank affiliation in Belgrade and, finally, its transfer to the vaults of ’Deutsche Bank’ in Germany.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 109-121
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian