Adam LeBor Books

The authors here provide a radical examination of the relationship between the Nazi Party and those it sought to seduce and control. There are some historians who argue that the Gestapo regime was a reign of terror that forced German citizens and others to collaborate with the Nazi rulers. Other historians argue that the German people were programmed for genocide by centuries of anti-Semitism. The authors here believe neither view is correct. They argue that to understand how the Holocaust could have happened the reader and historian need to step back into the heart of daily life in the Third Reich. This book draws on new research and recently declassified documents to show life for the average citizen, and uncovers examples of protest as well as eager complicity. It examines how many really knew about the extermination camps and ask how ideologically driven was the Holocaust? The text illustrates life in Germany and its conquered territories under the Nazi regime, and gives an explanation of how mass murder could be accepted by a supposedly civilized nation.

Budapest's dark history finally catches up with Detective Balthazar Kovacs in the final instalment in Adam LeBor's Hungarian crime trilogy.

Through the eyes of these families from Jaffa, we understand how the founding of the state of Israel could be simultaneously a moment of jubilation for the Jews, and a disaster - the Naqba - for the 100,000 Arabs who fled Jaffa in 1948, most of them never to return. Jaffa was for centuries the main port of the eastern Mediterranean, home to Muslims, Christians and Jews, while the produce of its orange groves was famed throughout the world. From 1920, the British administered the city under the Mandate and it is in 1920 that Adam LeBor's ambitious and engaging new book begins to tell the history of Israel through the prism of Jaffa. Its inhabitants include the Jewish coffee and spice merchant, the Arab baker, who made bread for the whole community, the Palestinian exile who tried to bring modern business methods to the Arafat era and the Jewish schoolgirl, who befriended an Arab drug dealer.

Nazi-occupied Budapest, Winter 1944. The Russians are smashing through the German lines. Miklos Farkas breaks out of the Jewish ghetto to find food - at the Nazis' headquarters. There he is handed a stolen copy of The Budapest Protocol, detailing the Nazis post-war plans. Miklos knows it must stay hidden forever if he is to stay alive. Present day Budapest. As the European Union launches the election campaign for the first President of Europe, Miklos Farkas is brutally murdered. His journalist grandson Alex buries his grief to track down the killers. He soon unravels a chilling conspiracy rooted in the dying days of the Third Reich, one that will ensure Nazi economic domination of Europe - and a plan for a new Gypsy Holocaust. The hunt is on for The Budapest Protocol. Alex is soon drawn deeper into a deadly web of intrigue and power play, a game played for the highest stakes

HITLER'S SECRET BANKERS reveals how the Swiss banks profited from Nazi genocide. Recent press stories showed that Swiss banks are sitting on millions deposited by Jews before the Second World War. Ever since, they have been stonewalling attempts by relatives of Holocaust victims to claim this money. But these are small amounts compared to the Nazi gold that flowed through Swiss banks - gold which was looted from occupied countries and even from the corpses of dead Jews. The Swiss banks played a vital role in financing the Nazi war machine. And while the Swiss were profiting from the results of Nazi genocide, the government was also refusing entry to Jewish refugees, effectively condemning them to death. With the recent declassification of US intelligence documents the whole shameful history of Swiss/Nazi collaboration has been uncovered, striking at the very heart of the Swiss ideal of neutrality.

The death of an Arab financier reveals the dangerous fractures running through Budapest in Adam LeBor's latest dark police procedural.

An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank

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Yael Azoulay does the United Nations' dirty work by cutting deals that most of us never hear about. Equally at home in the caves of Afghanistan, the slums of Gaza, or corporate boardrooms all across the world, Yael believes the ends justify the means...until she's pushed way beyond her breaking point. When Yael is assigned to eastern Congo to negotiate with Jean-Pierre Hakizimani, a Hutu warlord wanted for genocide, she offers him a generous plea bargain. Thanks to Congo's abundance of a valuable mineral used in computer and cell phone production, her number one priority is maintaining regional stability. But when she discovers that Hakizimani is linked to the death of the person she loved the most—and that the UN is prepared to sanction mass murder—Yael soon realizes that salvation means not just saving others' lives but confronting her own inner demons. Spanning New York City, Africa, and Switzerland, The Geneva Option is the first in a series of gripping conspiracy thrillers, a tour de force of international espionage and intrigue.

A UN covert negotiator is drawn into a web of intrigue that stretches from America's military to the Middle East.

UN covert negotiator, Yael Azoulay, has been sent to Reykjavik to broker a secret meeting between the US President and her Iranian counterpart. Both parties want to reach agreement, but Yael soon realises that powerful enemies are preparing to sabotage the talks. Enemies for whom peace means an end to their lucrative profit streams. In this gripping, intelligent thriller, Adam LeBor draws on twenty-five years of frontline reporting to show us who calls the shots in the corridors of power.

ZWISCHEN DEN KORRIDOREN ist der zweite Teil der Danube-Reihe um den Roma-Kommissar Baltazár Kovács und setzt wenige Tage nach der Handlung von „District VIII“ ein. Am frühen Donnerstagmorgen wird Baltazár zu einem Bordell gerufen, das seinem Bruder gehört, wo es einen Zwischenfall im VIP-Raum gegeben hat. Dort erwartet ihn die Leiche eines katarischen Finanziers. Womöglich ein Herzinfarkt. Die Indizien hingegen scheinen manipuliert zu sein. Die Videoaufzeich- nungen des Bordells aus der Nacht wurden aus der Ferne gelöscht, und jemand überwacht Baltazár und das Etablissement mit Drohnen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass der Katarer zu einem Frühstückstreffen mit dem neuen Premierminister verabredet war, um eine Investition zu besprechen, die zur Umgestaltung Ungarns beitragen könnte. Unterdessen steht Baltazárs neue Geliebte, die berühmteste Journalistin des Landes, unter Druck. Ihre Enthüllungen haben den ehemaligen Premierminister Pal zu Fall gebracht, und der sinnt auf Rache. Auf den Korridoren der politischen Macht begegnen wir dem organisierten Verbrechen.

Die unauffälligste Bank der Welt ist gleichzeitig die wichtigste: Die Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich (BIZ), gleich neben dem Basler Bahnhof gelegen, ist nur den wenigsten ein Begriff, und doch steht sie seit ihrer Gründung 1930 im Mittelpunkt des globalen Finanzsystems. Als Bank der Zentralbanken koordiniert sie die Geldpolitik der wichtigsten Wirtschaftsmächte, verwaltet deren Währungsreserven und prägt die globale Finanzarchitektur. Doch der Institution fehlt jegliche Rechenschaftspflicht: Sie unterliegt nicht der schweizerischen Rechtsprechung und wird durch einen internationalen Vertrag geschützt. Die Diskussionen, die sie führt, sind geheim, und ihre Einlagen sind vor dem staatlichen Zugriff sicher. Adam LeBor zeichnet die Geschichte der BIZ detailliert nach, von ihrer zweifelhaften Rolle während des Zweiten Weltkriegs, als sie von den Nazis Raubgold entgegennahm, bis zu ihrer zentralen Funktion beim europäischen Einigungsprojekt - und wirft dabei Fragen auf: zur Transparenz des Finanzsystems und zur Art und Weise, wie in unseren Demokratien Macht ausgeübt wird.

V čase, keď Európska únia spúšťa volebnú kampaň na prvého prezidenta Európy, v Budapešti brutálne zavraždia Miklósa Farkasa. Jeho vnuk Alex, ktorý je novinár, sa rozhodne záhadné úmrtie objasniť. Odhalí chladnokrvné nemecké sprisahanie naplánované ešte počas posledných dní druhej svetovej vojny, ktorého cieľom je vybudovať v Európe štvrtú ríšu, založenú na ekonomickej nadvláde prostredníctvom myšlienky európskej jednoty a spoločnej meny. A navyše – spustiť nový rómsky holokaust. Budapeštiansky protokol je fascinujúci a provokačný eurotriler novinára Adama LeBora, momentálne žijúceho v Budapešti, ktorý píše pre také uznávané svetové denníky, ako je Times, Sunday Times, Economist či New York Times. Vo svojom konšpiračnom románe sa opiera o údajne reálne existujúci dokument jednej spravodajskej služby Spojených štátov amerických, pochádzajúci z obdobia krátko po druhej svetovej vojne, známy ako Správa z Červeného domu. Prvé vydanie