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- Title
A claim in need of ‘special treatment’: compensating for Greek tobacco seized by the German occupation authorities during World War II.
- Authors
Konstantinakou, Despina-Georgia
- Abstract
Before World War II, tobacco was the most important Greek export, but just days after the German invasion in April 1941, the occupation authorities rushed to seize the tobacco production. While this article will document the seizure, most importantly, it will take a deeper look at how Greek tobacco producers and traders sought compensation for losses incurred as the result of the confiscation of their tobacco. It will also present how the German and the Greek postwar authorities handled these claims, taking into consideration Greek and German archival sources, which have hitherto been relatively neglected.
- Subjects
GREECE; WORLD War II campaigns; WAR reparations; TOBACCO; TOBACCO industry; CONFISCATIONS; INTERNATIONAL trade; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, 2018, Vol 42, Issue 1, p134
- ISSN
0307-0131
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/byz.2017.21