Swiss Banks Establish Independant Commission For Reclaiming Holocaust Era Jewish Accounts and Assets

By Gad Nahshon

New York- Historical precident:

The Association of Swiss banks announced in New York that it establishes a special Independent commission on the issue of reclaiming the Jewish accounts and assets of the Holocaust Era.

The Jewish Appointees to the committee are as follows:

• Shevah Weiss
  Speaker, Israeli Knesset
• Avraham Burg
  Chairman, Jewish Agency
• Reuben Beraja
  Chairman, Latin American Jewish Congress

The Swiss Banker Appointees are:

• Professor Alain Hirsch, Geneva
• Professor Klaus Jacobi, Bern. Former Ambassador to USA
• Professor Curt Gagteyger, Geneva

The good news for heirs of holocaust victims seeking to recover their seized assets was presented by the President of the World Jewish Congress - Edgar Bronfman, the Chairman of the Jewish Agency Avraham Burg and representatives of the Swiss Banks.