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THAT MONEY IN SWISS BANKS...
...plunder of Jewish property, possessions and capital was horrible but almost "understandable" [WORLD, Oct. 28]. Victors have got the spoils for millenniums, but Switzerland's masquerade as a neutral safe haven to lure and then steal $3 billion to $7 billion in victims' assets was unprecedented, vile treachery. The Swiss banks should feel humiliated that more than 50 years have passed without their addressing the disposition of Jewish wealth. WILLIAM P. SAUNDERS Bloomfield, Michigan Via E-mail...
Fifty years is a long time to obstruct justice. The Swiss are worried about their world image? Ah yes, this is the benign country of chocolate, precision timepieces, army knives, downhill skiing, Heidi and William Tell. Hogwash! The Swiss are the people who do business with and protect organized crime, petty dictators, drug dealers and, simply, fiscal terrorists. If the people in power really wanted to do the right thing, it would be easy. The consortium of banks and government would allocate a certain sum of money (far less than the $7 billion figure you mentioned, of course...
...would have been wise of the Swiss bankers to hand over to the victims of the Holocaust or their heirs what was rightfully theirs as soon as possible after World War II ended [WORLD, Oct. 28]. The Swiss have been quite self-righteous about their neutrality during the war. Now with the spotlight being turned onto their little piece of the world stage, I am sure they are experiencing a certain degree of angst for fear that the world will learn of their misdeeds. NELLIE RAISBECK Calgary, Canada
...gold the Nazis looted from banks and private holdings that was put in Swiss bank accounts should be given to the people of Israel and to Jewish communities all over the world. They are the legal heirs. Not giving back the loot stolen by the Nazis is almost like denying the Holocaust ever happened. HANNAH THOMPSON Sydney...