11. Bergier added that he did not expect his commission to be able to fully resolve the dispute over missing Jewish assets in Swiss banks in the five years allotted. 12. But it is overwhelmed by the allegations it acted as banker to the Nazis and siphoned off Jewish assets. 13. During the German occupation, all Jewish assets were put under control of a provisional administrator, whose job it was to sell them to non-Jews, he said. 14. Fekete said Hungary had used export earnings, not unclaimed Jewish assets in Switzerland, to fund the compensation deal. 15. He delivered the opening address at a two-day conference on Jewish assets plundered by the Nazis. 16. He said a French delegation of officials and experts would attend the meeting in Washington D.C. that starts Monday on looted Jewish assets. 17. Hier delivered the opening address at a two-day conference on Jewish assets plundered by the Nazis. 18. In his earlier statement, Delamuraz accused Jews of trying to blackmail Switzerland over Jewish assets missing since World War II. 19. Jewish groups have criticized the Swiss banks for not being forthright in revealing records of Jewish assets that disappeared in Switzerland after World War II. 20. Jewish groups claim that the Swiss are sitting on billions of dollars worth of Jewish assets, including property looted by the Nazis. |
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