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Swiss Banks Settlement
In late 1996 and early 1997, a series of class action lawsuits were filed in United States District Court against three Swiss banks. The suits alleged that the Swiss banks knowingly retained and concealed assets of Holocaust victims, and collaborated with and aided the Third Reich by accepting and laundering illegally obtained Nazi assets and profits of slave labor.
Swiss Banks Settlement: Refugee Class
Please note: The Swiss Refugee Program is closed. Compensation for Jewish Refugees Who Fled to Switzerland to Escape the Nazis The program compensated Jews who fled to Switzerland to escape the Nazis and were turned back at the border, expelled from the country, or mistreated while there. From December 2001 through early 2005, the Claims […]
