3.11.7 Switzerland: Swiss Money
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This article is from the Switzerland FAQ, by Marc Schaefer schaefer@alphanet.ch with numerous contributions by others.
3.11.7 Switzerland: Swiss Money
This is an approximate cost of the ``dormant account'' crisis.
300 MSFr as a goodwill for holocaust survivors in financial difficulties,
money giving has started this week (it took more than expected
because the non-Swiss Jewish organizations did not give the names
before). Chairman is Mr. BLOCH, from Zuerich, head of the
Swiss jewish association. Around 70 people have already been
given money, Baltic countries have been choosen first because the
Jews living there have not benefited from the help of the
Russians nor the Germans for political reasons.
70 MSFr found as dormant accounts, will be refunded. Note that there are
also ``non-Jews'' holding those accounts: for example Nazis
or ``simple'' (ie non nazi and non jew) German people or
from other countries who died during the war. And Swiss people
too.
2 GSFr paid to the World Jewish Congress by Swiss Banks.
NB: this is independant from the ``recycling'' gold affair, which is
purely a national bank topic and has been settled after the war
(at least up to now there have not been any official claim to
rework this settlement in particular).
and, as a general humanitarian cost
7 GSFr as the capital of the Swiss Foundation for Solidarity, a
non-profit charity organization.
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