Dormant asset files transferred to Swiss archives
The government has taken over copies of bank documents and asset statements which were part of evidence used by a tribunal set up to assess the claims of victims of Nazi persecution or their heirs against Swiss banks. The Federal Archives said a section of the files used to examine the claims under a global settlement in 1998 were transferred to its premises to be catalogued by the end of this year. "This is significant as it concerns an important chapter of recent Swiss history," says Simon Meyer of the Federal Archives. Читать дальше...