The Robbing of Jewish Property as a Subject of Historical Research Outside the Ex-Yugoslav Area: A Short Overview of the State of Research
The Robbing of Jewish Property as a Subject of Historical Research Outside the Ex-Yugoslav Area: A Short Overview of the State of Research

Summary/Abstract: The article gives an overview of the state of research on the topic of appropriation of Jewish property during the Holocaust in a broad European perspective. Starting with the developments in the Germany historiography, the article emphasizes that nowadays ‘Aryanization’ is seen less as an act of ruling than as a ‘social practice’. This notion rests on vast local studies concerning different cities in the German Reich. When looking at robbing processes outside the Reich, in occupied territories, a learning process can be seen, as it was not possible to apply the practices from the Reich in other countries and societies. The main difference in the occupation practices between Western and Eastern Europe finally, was that in Western Europe the robbing still happened under pseudo-legal forms, while in the Eastern European occupation areas the practices of robbery were much more affected by violence and personal enrichment of the German occupiers.

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