Background
Sanbar, Moshe Gustav was born on March 29, 1926 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Arrived in Israel, 1948. Son of Salo Salomon and Margit (Klausner) Sandberg.
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Amid the severe devastation wrought by the Second World War, the economic implications of the Nazi regime is a subject that has come to light only in recent years. Holocaust Gold by Raul Teitelbaum and Moshe Sanbar is an important and revealing contribution to this growing body of historical research. Tracing the path of Nazi looting and plunder, Sanbar and Teitelbaum identify and elaborate the complexities of this sensitive issue, and the difficulties in seeking justice half a century later. The lack of German documentation of the gold looted from individuals – combined with a host of contributing factors that include politics and the role of the media – ensures that the issue of Nazi gold be so difficult and painful to reconcile. The authors explore the role of 'neutral' Switzerland and the systematic effort by Swiss leaders to blur the tracks of the gold that reached the vaults of the Nazi Reichsbank. A detailed chapter features an expose of the little-known Vreneli affair: the minting of Vreneli gold coins on an unprecedented scale, and the sale of these coins to the general public in order to shrink the enormous gold stocks Switzerland amassed during the war. Holocaust Gold also uncovers several fascinating and telling pieces of information, including the story of Himmler's mistress who was assured a luxurious lifestyle after the war, and how SS officials used gold extracted from the mouths of their victims for their own dental work. This book is comprehensive and impressive, providing a historical and economic framework in which to contemplate the magnitude of the Nazi looting and the subsequent cover-ups. The authors condemn the Swiss authorities, convincingly contending that the $1.25 billion that the major Swiss commercial banks pledged to the victims of the Holocaust totally disregards the active role the Swiss Central Bank and Swiss government played in this devastating affair. Holocaust Gold is both courageous and insightful, exploring a shameful economic history and policy to which the world has only recently awoken.
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Sanbar, Moshe Gustav was born on March 29, 1926 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Arrived in Israel, 1948. Son of Salo Salomon and Margit (Klausner) Sandberg.
Master of Arts in Economics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1953. Doctor (honorary), Bar-Ilan University, 2000.
Director Israel Institute of Applied Social Research and later Deputy Director 1951-1958. Lecturer in Statistics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1957-1961. Deputy Director Internal State Revenue Division, Ministry of Finance 1958-1963.
Economics Adviser to Ministry of Finance 1963-1968. Director of the Budgets, Ministry of Finance 1964-1968. Deputy Chair, and later Chairman, Industrial Development Bank of Israel 1968-1971.
Chief Economics Adviser to Minister of Finance 1969-1971. Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry 1970-1971. Governor Bank of Israel 1971-1976.
Chairman Electrochemical lnds. (Frutarom) Ltd., Haifa 1976-1981, Independent Mortgage Bank 198283, Tzelon Industries (Aluminium) 1981-1990, M.G. Industries (Rubber) 198488, La Nationale Insurance Company since 1985, Bank Leumi Le Israel Ltd. since 1988, Africa Israel Investment Corporation since 1988. Chairman Board of Trustees HABIMA National Theatre, College, of Administration, Museum Janco-Dada.
Honorary President World fed. of Hungarian Jews. Chairman U.J.A. Israel, Fund for Gifted Young Sportsmen, Claims Committee of Organization of Jews from Eastern Europe, Economic Development and Rehabilitation Trust for Arab Refugees in Israel. President Israel Association of Grads, in Social Sciences and Humanities, Hungarian-Israeli Association.
Yad Vashem; professional.
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(Jerusalem 19571st University of Tel-Aviv. In Hebrew. Octa...)
Author: (book) My Longest Year, 1956 (Yad Veshem award 1958). Co-author: (book) Planning and Budgeting, 1970. Author, editor: (book) The Political Economy of Israel, 1986, The Local Government in Israel, 1982, Holocaust Gold-From the Victims to Switzerland: The Paths of the Nazi Plunder, 2000.
Chairman Arab Refugee Rehabilitation Trust, Tel Aviv, 1968-1992, Habima National Theatre, Tel Aviv, 1969-1982, Janco-Dada Museum of Modern Art, Ein-Hod, Israel, since 1982, Holocuast Survivors in Israel, Jerusalem, since 1987. Treasurer Claims Conference Against Germany, since 1992, president International Chamber of C., Israel, since 1992. Board member International Chamber of C., Paris, 1997-1999.
Board directors World Jewish Restution Organization, since 1995. Member International Chamber of C. Israel (president since 1992).
Stamp collecting/philately, theater.
Married Bracha Berta Rabinovich, November 1, 1951. Children: Shlomit, Nava.