1. Bank officials told Eizenstat they suspect the bank handled more looted gold than originally believed. 2. After the war, the Swiss initially denied having received any looted Nazi gold. 3. Documents released in recent months have made clear that Swiss banks traded in looted Nazi gold, and that Swiss businesses made a fortune selling arms to the Nazis. 4. Most neutrals have fulfilled to some degree their postwar obligation to repay looted gold. 5. Still, the amount of looted Nazi gold Switzerland bought is thought to exceed by far the estimated gold purchases of other countries. 6. The amount of looted Nazi gold Switzerland bought is thought to exceed by far the estimated gold purchases of other countries. 7. The amount of looted Nazi gold Switzerland bought is thought to far exceed the estimated gold purchases of other countries. 8. The class action lawsuit is the first to expand claims by Holocaust survivors seeking to recover looted gold beyond Swiss banks. 9. The just-released U.S. government report on how the Swiss aided the Nazis in laundering their looted gold during World War II contains many useful lessons. 10. The laundering of looted Nazi gold. |