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...York City resident Rudolphine Schlinger says she too has proof her husband William had Swiss bank accounts. The wealthy furrier had made deposits before and during the war from his home in Versoix, Switzerland. But he died in 1985 without having retrieved the funds. Then a December 1996 article in the newspaper Jewish Week listed his account at Swiss Bank Corp. At a hearing last week in New York City attended by a representative from the bank, the 89-year-old widow appealed directly for restitution. "To you, sir, I ask, rather I demand, that you tell me what happened...
...nearing the end of their lives, in one last attempt to win restitution of what they believe is rightfully theirs, Nagel, Gabor and Schlinger have joined 12,000 Holocaust survivors in a $20 billion class action filed last October against four Swiss banks for the recovery of dormant accounts and looted property. Their suit--and the high-profile crusade by Jewish organizations, American politicians and Swiss activists--has inspired an unprecedented search through the darkest passages of 20th century history...
BORN: Dec. 16, 1956, Milwaukee EDUCATION: Nathan Hale High School, diploma, 1975 FAMILY: Wife, Sandy; four children RELIGION: Christian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Printing-company owner POLITICAL CAREER: Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: 9430 West Schlinger Avenue, West Allis...
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