When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Gold set out to find the truth. “They were too easily replaced.”The death camp factories – described as “German equipment works” – were run by the Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke, wholly owned by the SS. The archive showed the close link between the factories and the concentration camps. When the Wall fell, the new German railway became the owners and 20 years ago a deal was struck giving the Wolff family £8m. Gold said: “You can call it a granddaughter’s revenge.”Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice at Krausenstrasse 17/18, Berlin, by Dina Gold, is available from the Guardian bookshop

Source: The Guardian November 26, 2016 21:56 UTC