3.11.5 Switzerland: World War II: Chronology
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This article is from the Switzerland FAQ, by Marc Schaefer schaefer@alphanet.ch with numerous contributions by others.
3.11.5 Switzerland: World War II: Chronology
1995 Kaspar VILLIGER apologizes for the 'J'.
1994(?) First contacts from Jewish organizations to the Swiss banks,
Ombudsman (mediator) is created.
June 1996 Start of the USA media-blitz and civil actions.
January 1997 Creation of a 300 M SFr private fund. Beneficiaries not yet
known. Banks and private people are funding it.
March 1997 The Swiss Confederation announces the creation of
a generic 7 billion SFr with an estimated 500 M
yearly revenue whose beneficiaries will be
any persecuted or otherwise minorized group, half
of which going to Swiss people. The fund will be
created mainly by the revaluation of gold from
the Swiss National Bank gold reserves.
May 1997 Publication of the Eizenstat Report on gold transactions
between Nazi Germany and other states (with a stress
on Switzerland).
http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/
July 1997 Publication of the first part of the dormant account
list by the Swiss private banking institutes.
begin 1998 First payments to Jews in the Baltic Countries from the
300 M SFr private fund. It has taken so long because of
difficulties in finding the recipients (with little
cooperation from the Jewish Congress). Payments to
road people too (Bohemians).
August 1998 Swiss Banks agree to pay 1.9 G SFr to the Jewish Congress's
Representatives. What will happen to this money is
unclear. This only solves the dormant account issue with
US Jews. This does not solve the ``stolen gold'',
stolen insurance policies, nor issues with non-US Jews and
non-Jews.
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