Plunder : a memoir of family property and Nazi treasure

Kaiser, Menachem, 1985- author.

Book 2022

Menachem Kaiser's story, woven from improbable events and profound revelations, is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's former battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish lawyer known as "The Killer." A surprise discovery-that his grandfather's cousin not only survived t...

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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Reparations Poland Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie)

Inheritance and succession Poland

Jewish property Poland Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie) 20th century

Kaiser family

Kaiser, Meir Menachem, 1921-1977 Family

Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland) History 20th century

Treasure troves Poland

World War, 1939-1945 Claims

World War, 1939-1945 Destruction and pillage Poland