Looting

At war’s end, all Allied nations looted Germany to the bones: all patents were taken by the Americans; the British, French and Russians dismantled almost the entire industry, leaving the German people with nothing with which to earn a living. (In the long run, though, the latter misdeed backfired, as the Germans simply built a new, more modern industry, which could easily outdo its conquerors.)

A youthful John F. Kennedy In late July and early August 1945, just weeks after the end of the war in Europe, the 28-year-old John F. Kennedy visited war-devastated Germany. Accompanying him on this tour was US Navy Secretary James Forrestal (whom President Truman later appointed as the first Secretary …

Marshall Plan Benefits for West Germany Within the framework of the so-called Marshall Plan, a credit(!) of approximately 1.4 billion US Dollars (6.4 billion DM) was given to West Germany for the years 1949 to 1952. Under the terms of the London Debt Agreement of February 1953, this credit(!) was …

After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation, by Giles MacDonogh. Basic Books, New York, 2007. 618pp., illustrated, with notes, bibliography, indexed. A recent work with some refreshing angles on the post-WW2 occupation of defeated Germany is always welcome, minimally at least as a small antidote to the …

The Morgenthau Diaries consist of 900 volumes located at Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York. As a consultant to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, I was assigned to examine all documents dealing with Germany, particularly ones related to the Morgenthau Plan for the destruction of Germany following the Second …

. REVISIONI Un libro di Finkelstein critica i dati sui sopravvissuti e le speculazioni che vengono fatte in nome dell' Olocausto. Le repliche dalla comunità italiana Storico ebreo denuncia l' industria della SHOAH Luzzatto: «E' vero, ci sono gli sciacalli ma i numeri non sono inventati» Sarfatti: «Banche ricattate? E' …