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NUMBERS of total assets and victims' assets
[JM& CF]
SOURCE:
Allison's "numbers" paper
p. 1 "estimated that in excess of 10 million cultural pieces including paintings, objects d'
art and books passed through US Government control during the post-war occupation of
Germany and Austria."
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p. 1 "estimated the overall monetary value of these objects at $5 billion dollars."
p.2 "November 1, 1948. 3,745,568 items had been returned to their countries of origin
from the German collecting points."
p. 2 "It is estimated that by September 1948, art works valued at $2 billion dollars and
books worth $80 million dollars had been returned to their countries of origin.i
p. 3 "Between May 1945 and September 1948, 480,000 works of art and 1.5 million
books were restituted through the external restitution program to countries of origin. The section
on internal restitution notes that approximately 3.2 million ~orks of art and 1.1 million books '
were returned to German owners ~m the various Central Collecting Points. In all 3.68 million
works of art and 2.6 million books'had been restituted by the MF A&A in Germany through
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p. 5 Total-External Restitution = 2.1 Milliqn-------:.. Total-Internal Restitution: 4.64
Million------Grand Total: 6.74 Million
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Cultural Properties Restituted to Countries of Origin by Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives in
Germany from June 8, 1945 to November 1, 1948 {footnote iii} .
p. 6 The final Status ofthe Collecting Point Report on August 5, 1946 recorded that, "211
works of art and other objects, 256,706 books and 19,594 archives for a grand total of276,511
objects of art and cultural property had been stored in Marburg.b:'
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p. 6 The MFA&A Final Report of 1948 estimated that at is height the Munich Central
Collecting Point probably had in excess of a million objects.v
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1, 1948, 254,525 books had been taken into custody and archive collections reached 23,994
{\ .. '1 running feet. One running foot approximated one cubic foot, although the practice seems highly
~ ¥Firregulai, itwas the only way archives were measured. vi . The latest available figures regarding
.art objects taken into possession record that as of March 31, 1949,48,792 art works had passed
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p. 7 The MFA&A "Final Report" states that at its height the Wiesbaden CCP contained
700,00q objects.viii
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p. 7 Using only these two figures itappears[:l37,8460bjects passed through US custody' at
the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point during its operation.
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p.8 [Offenbach].In fact, the latest monthly activity report found for Offenbach on
<1¥~<.' November 30,1948 records, the number of books re'ceived at the depot totaled 3,205,042.
Furthermore, approximately 372,149 books remained after that date inthe Depot for
'restitution.ix
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p. 8 The headquarters- of the RD&R Division of USF A compiled an evaluation of
restitution from the U.S. ,zone of Austria as of July 1, 1947, The RD&R Division reported that, '
81.6% of all restituted property v;luedat $182,041,325 was art or cultural objects, meaning that
art and culturalobjects valued at $1.48,545,721.20 had been returned by USFA to Austria,
France, Hungary, Italy, tp,e Netherlands, and others.x
p. I k:IPis difficult to name the percentage of property having belonged to the victirrY"s of
the Holocaust, which was restituted by US Forces to different countries.
p. 12 ibis believed all of the property looted from the countries listed below originally
belonged to Jewish owners.
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1.45 million
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:rherefor~, approximately 30% of all property taken under US control had belonged to
Jewish owners. The approximate evaluation of Jewish victim's cultural property (including
books) consisted of about 3 million objects restituted from Germany. It is unfortuQ.ate the same'
informatiori can not be provided for Austria because the inventories from Austria did not record
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itemized restitutions but monetary valuation [(//Oe:::{/jCG'?
SOURCE: L. Offen's BIS paper ,
, , p, I the BIS's offichil World War II history states that it handled transfers of21 tons of
gold (approximately $23,529,000 in 1945), from the Reichsbank.xi
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�p.9 The Swiss National Bank transferred 1,340,000 fifteen-kilogram bars from Bern to '
Spa~n and ~ortug'al betw~en January 1942.a,rid February 1944.xii ~u..~.
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p. 16 Meanwhile, the Federal Reser.:ve Bank of New York determined that since its
inception, the B~S built up an account called the "quiet reserve." A collection of confidential'
correspondence and ~irectors' reports, found in the office of a German director of the BIS,
" Hermann Schmitz, indicating that the "quiet reserve" had built up to 70-84 million statutory
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p. 19 The teims of the BIS settlement were announced on May 13, 1948.xiv The Allies
agreed to a settlement sum of$4.2 million coupled with an exculpating statement that the'BIS
had "inadvertently acquired gold,"xv
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p: 19 In 1948 towards the conclusion of Allied-BIS negotiations, the BIS's officials
, acknowledged acquiring 13,542 kilograms oflootedgold (more than $15 million) and retaining
3,893 kilograms (approximately $4.4 million) after the war. xvi .
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.p. 20 The restitution settlementwascon9luded with te~s based on indisputable evidence
identifying: 129 Belgian bars, 1607.385 kgs:, 199 Dutch bars, 2Q9'3.862 kgs., and 3 Italian bars:
(looted from 'Ita]y'in )943),37.237 kgs., totaling 3738.485kgs.,value of approximately'
$4,216,000.xvii The BIS delivered 3740 kgs 'of Prussian Mintbars to the Bank of England on '
July 6, 1948.xviii .'
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SOURCE: , B. Skwirot's TGC paper
p. 1. The Tripartite Gold Commission was responsible for the restitution of
10,817,021.139 ounces (336,446.9667 kg) of fine gold, valued, using the post-War price of
$35/0unce, at over $378,595,739.
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p.3 the U.S. Departmeq't of Justice's Office of Special Investigati~ns (OSI) S~""1
conservatively estiimited SS gold loot sent to the Reichsbank at over $4.6 million.xix
p. 12 (The Polish government's figure of 100,000 kg gold takenfrom concentratiori
camp victims was, indeed, a rough estimate).xx .
p. 15 Other countr.ies filed clai~sthat sought restitution of gold,~aken from victims.
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Greece sought 7,358 kg ~r~ducedfrorri.their initial figure.~ of 12,634 k~).: an es.timated 6,586 kg
gold t~en from G!eek ~lt!ZenS extermmated by the NazIS and an .~ddltlOJial ;772 kg gold taken
from pnvate persons. '.
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p.l6 The Yugoslav 'government of Marshal Tito submitted four claims to,the .
TGC. The secondclaini sought 117.5526 kg taken by the Ustashi on May 7, 1945 on
their flight to Germany. ~nitially, the Yugoslav government provided insufficient
evidence to support the claim:: Ultimately, thdargest part of this claim was approved,
with the exception of 8.2 kg of gold,which~ in the words ofthe Yugoslav government,
were "looted by Ustashasand occupan,ts from Serbs, Jews and other adversaries ofthe
U stasha Government,' or taken from :their corpses ... "xxi The, TGC determined that this
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p. 17 The TGC also received inquiries from at least 26 individuals seeking,
restitution of gold plundered by the Germans. The standard response of the Commission
. ,was that it only'dealt with governments.xxii There were two noteworthy exceptions to
this policy-Gunther Wagner, a Swiss firm [amount = 1 gold bar], and Frederic Deutch,
a citizen of Liechtenstein. [amount=Sfc 15 million in coin]
, pp. 19-2'0. On April 30 and August 5, 1947, the Czech government, armed with
Lsupporting documentation; sought restitution of 45,008 kg of fine gold from the TGC. The
.W~W Commission divided the Czech claim into four parts. ' Thro~ghout; 1947, the Czechs submitted
additional documentation upon request. The Commission validated 13,341 kg of this claim on
the eve of a second preliminary distribution of monetary gold which was scheduled to take place
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in early 1948. The TGC arranged for delivery of 6,074.1564 kg of gold on May 3, 1948 tp
Czech()slovakia's earmark account atthe Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or 48.087%. of .
this part of the claim minus a 5% contingency reserve, the level at which valid claims were being
restored in the preliminary distribution. The Czech government supplied further information
between 1948-1950. On November 21, 1951, two Czech representatives· went to the TGC to
clarify some elements of the claim. xxiii
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transfer of 8,209 kg fine gold from the TGCaccount at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
, to the Swiss Bank Corporation, Zurich, where the Czech government wished to receive its
gold.xxiv
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pp.27-28 It had been clear froin the start that the largest part of the Polish claim would
be denied, leaving only the small claim for gold looted from the Bank of Danzig--$5 million.
The Albanian claim was also small--$2.9 million. Since the amounts involved in the Albanian
and Polish claims were relatively small, they did not deserve the same treatment as was given to
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SOURCE: Ellen O'Conner's Financial Assets Revision
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There were 11,750 containers inthe Merkers shipment, including RM
700,006,000.
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Valuables at FED in April 1946 estimated at over $500,000,000.
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p. 11 As of January 30,.1947, the shipment[from Merkers] had been completely
inventoried.· It included 836 pounds of paper currency, 257:pounds of precious and semi
precious stones, 1,843 pounds of tableware, 385 ~ of gold an,d silver teeth fillings, 11
pounds of Reichsmarks, and 2,271 pounds of "noveItyJewelry."xxvl .
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p.12 In June, 194.6, the FED estimated non-monetary goid holdings at $1,750,000 based
on "a quick visual examination and a guess." In December of that same year, the estimate was
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p. 12 No' agreements could be reached on how to value the items. "There has never been
a definition of this,termo~ any indication as to ·how it should be applied," the Chief of the FED
states; He argued that 'due to the vast amount and variety ofthe 800 lots in question, one value
be placed,on "the entire to/nover" iIi hopes that the FED and the IGCR could agree on this
tr-.l . figure. The ~ead ofth.~ PPE;O, Abba Schwartz"and the FED Chief e~entually settled on a
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figure of $750,000.xxvl!
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p. 14.1'he fina.l fiW-e de.termined' by the FED for all v.aluables delivered to the IRO was
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that the property was valued at $1 mllhonxx1x . From M,ay through October 27, 1948, the IRO '
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held five sales ofjewelry,lprecious stories, silver, rugs, arid 'other valuables. It netted
$592,000.xxx
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pp. 15-16A,ccording to an IRO report through June 30, 1949, the proceeds of all non-'
monetary gold found by tlie Allied Forces .in Austria and Germany and mad~ available under the
,,Paris Conference on Rep+ationsandthe Five Power Agreement' totaled $2)48,000.xxxi Finally,
the total figure we have f~und':lsto what the IRO realized from its 'sales of monetary gOld is $3.5
million, as of April 23, !9f 1.~1I'
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~.~ 1 \'-:!I-l:~old to the PCIRO/IRO; apd the organization liquidated/converted this sum (along with '
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nonmonetary d~liverableslfrom the French and British Zones [did the Soviets give anything?) t6
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$3.5.million, all ofwhichlwas·deployed towards the resettlement 'and rel,mbilitation of non
repatriablevictimsofNa~ism.
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As of Januky 1949 there were 3.0,25 properties vcalued at RMf!J~ 1.28 billion. '
,AS of~ecember 31, 1949i 47%.Ofap property In,the MG-Property Control Dlvls,lOn was
categonzed as duress pro~erty., U~ ~l C-/I.kn""
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valued at RM 1.602 billion. As of Jan. 1, 1948, duress 'properties numbered 23,242 with a value '
of 1,115 million marks. B~ July 1949, these numbers had climbed to 31,472 properties, valued at
1,286 million marks.
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Co*trol of Art and Cult. Property 2/2/00 MER .
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TG,C deposits to the FRB 3/15/00 RS '
Shipment 1
1.659,1'21.321 troy ounces of fine gold or 4,031 bars. (Suisse)
Shipment 2
230,049.065 troy ounces of fine gold or 571.bars (Swedish viaS. Africa)
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19,116.412 troy ounces 6/24/52 Law 53 Prussian Mint and Degussa
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Shipment 11
1,67:9.433 troy ounces; 40,107 troy ounces; 0.464 troy ounces; 644.531
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claims rec~ived at the Munich CCP after the 1949 shipment to Yugoslavia
indicate that included among the 166 works of art erroneously restituted were 39 objects of
French origin, as well as 21 from the Netherlands or Belgium, 16 from Germany, 6 from Italy, 4
from the USSR, 3 from Czechoslovakia, 1 from Austria, 38 objects made of silver never claimed
by the Yugoslav government and 33 pieces with incomplete identification. xxxiii
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In 1948 Mimara donated 148 paintings and sculptures to the Strossmayer Gallery
in Zagreb. Miniara used the proceeds from his sale of the Bury St. Edmund's Cross to purchase
Schloss Neuhaus,a castknear Salzburg, in 1963,xxxiv
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HUr'garian Gold Train AES 5/26/00
p. 1 twenty-four rail cars containing gold, jewelry, works of art, household items, and
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other property confiscateq from the Jewish population of Hungary.xxxv
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p.23 Rough estimates of the total worth of valuables captured by the United States in
Austria and Germany approximated $ 4,000,000. However what part of that property eventually
will be brought iI.lto the Upited States,~d what the potential market for it will be, is impossible
tojudgenow.xxxv' ~ Lo·w.u;~w.'+
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p. 23 The New fork Times reported that the June 22, 1948 sale exceeded expected
revenues by 40 percentxxx;ii and the week's receipts totaled $152,850.xxxviii
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3/21145, yielding RM 13 ,000.
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worth $1.3 million, to pubUc museums. Greg's Austria paper, p. 20:
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700 works belongi6g to the Rothschild family and 500 pieces belonging to other Jewish:
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assets restituted through the end of 1948, the largest monetary value amount of assets disposed of
by USFA. However, $143.~ million of this was internal restitution to Austria. Greg's Austria
paper, p. 29.
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J- industrial equipment, mot?r vehicles, oils, and resin worth only 4.2 million RM (1938 valuation).
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By Juiy 1948, the Allies had retrieved 9,849,16'9 ounces of monetary gold for the
pool.xxxix Restitution poli?yS~, p. 48.
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SOURCE: Abby's FFC Defrosting
By June of 1941, $8.5 BILLION 6fforeign assets in the United States from 36 nations
'were blocked. Of that am~)Unt $3.6 BILLION washelci in the name of persons in occupied
countries; about $400 MILLION was held in the names of nationals of Germany, Italy, and
Japan. (TreasuryDepartril~nt, Annual Report.1942, p.159) Abby's FFC Defrosting, p. 1.
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the Census revealed that $1 'BILLION was still BLOCKED and approximately half of
this amount was held by NATIONALS of COUNTRIES RECEIVING AID under the European
Recovery Program. (Ann~l Report, 1949, p.99) Abby's paper, under section P.,
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1941 it amounted to $8.5' ~illion of assets from 36 blocked nations. (Annual Report, 1942, pp.
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�56, 159; 1943, p.l25; 1944, p:126)' Of this amount, more than $3 billion was held in the
names of persons in ene~y-occupied countries. (Isadore Alk and Irving Moskowitz,
"Removal of United States Controls Over Foreign-Owned Property," The Federal Bar Journal, X
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(October 1948), pA, copy 'filed in Record Group (RG) 265 - Foreign Assets Control, Treasury
Dept., Entry 68-A-1253 -!Foreign Fund Control,.Box 25) A table in the 1942 Treasury
Department Annual Report disaggregated ihe·$8.5 billion. The largest amount blocked was $1.8
billion from the Nether1an~s; the second largest was $1.5 of the neutr<:ll'nation of Switzerland.
Blocked assets from Frante and Monaco totaled $1.4 billion. All other countries ranged from
$600 million down to $109 million. Anything less was grouped into ·one composite amount.
German blocked assets totaled $150 million. (Annual Report, 1942, p.159) Abby's Freezing
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U.S. Treasury,Department, Foreign Assets Co~trol, Forms TFR300 and TFR-500 to be
used in reporting foreign property. The forms were prepared with mechanical tabulation in mind,
each verbal description cafrYing a two-digit number. These use of these two-digit codes are
clearly evident in the prin(outs in the archives at Suitland, Maryland.)
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The exemption level for the c:ensus was $1,000; all property with a total value of less than
$1,000 did not have to be :reported unless it was property of unascertainable value or safe deposit
boxes, patents, trademarks, copyrights, franchises, or interests in partnerships. (Census, p.55;
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Total foreign asset~ were $12,739,000,000. Of this $12.9 billion, two-thirds belonged to
84,000 persons located in European countries. Five countries the United. Kingdom, Canada,
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In January 1947 ,OMGUS estimated that 628.2 kilograms of gold bullion had been
If'\collected under Law, 53. xl ! Bob's Law 53 paper, p. 2.
The British, who had also collected gold under Law 53, estimated the total of monetary ,
gold at 2117 kilograms inpecember 1947, over three times the amount the Americans had
gathered. Of this, nearly 69 kilograms were believed to belong to non-Germans, gold which the
British thought to be returhable to tqe owners. Bob's Law 53 paper, p. 3
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bars, weighing 126.773 kg, that the Germans had resmelted from gold looted from Belgium, 2.)
gold coins with a total weight of around 115 kg that were collected from approximately 3000
. individuals, 3.) gold in industrial form, most of which had been turned in by the major refining
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companies ofHeracus and Degussa, and 4.) ten crude bars with a total weight of 11.735 kg that
were said to have been m~lted down from jewelry settings by a jeweler in Prague. Xli Bob's Law
53 paper, p. 4
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Though the Law 5~ gold amounted to less than Y4 of a percent of the value of the gold
pool, it is a l:?latant exat?p1e of victim gold being willfully slated for. inclusion in the pooL Bob's
Law 53 paper, p. 9.
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'AtM'erker~,'2,527jpounds ofpre~ious
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dIscovered, also.thousands of gold and stiver dental crowns and bndges and plate. Greg's'
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Howard Report estimates precious metal stocks at FED in June 1945. at over 300,000,000
dollars. By Oct 1945, FED officials in Frankfurt estimated the. total worth of assets there at over
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$600 million. July 1946, FED contains approx. 50,000 ounces ofnon-monetary gold in the form
of watches, chains, etc. A:lso 6. 4 million ounces of silver bullion and commercial jewelry.
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more shipments of securit~es. Greg's Looled Assets Paper, p. 27
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the collections made inth~ US Zone of Austria valued a{3~4 million. Greg'sLooted Assets ,
Paper, p. 29
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dollars suggests a total value of over $46 million. Greg's Looted Assets Paper, p. 44.
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of more than 1 million. Greg's Looted Assets Paper,p. 48.
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Chart of restitution of currencies, partial shipments. Greg'sLooted Assets Paper, p. 52.
Chart of currencies turned over to the Austrian Govt. Greg's Looted Assets Paper, p. 53.
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and archival collections. ;According to details about the holdings of the Offenbach Archival
Depot (OAD), it held 99 identifiable Jewish books from Estonia, 4,510 from Latvia, 5,050 from
Lithuania and 3,470 from' Wilna (Wilna/ Vilnus being separate because the U.S. authorities did
not know the city's statu~, which before 1939 belonged to Poland and was reunited with
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In addition, the OAD also housed the collection of the Yiddish Scientific Institute
. (YIVO) - 175 cases, and a~sociated libraries ofMatheusStrashun -170 cases, and Hebrew
Gymnasium - 1 case. Two Jewish libraries from KownolKaunas were stored in the depot too (
Mapu library -6,819 voltims and A. Balosher library - 425 volumes.) (CITE to be forthcoming)
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The monthly repo~ of the OAD for April 1947 gives a more detailed description of the
YIVO materials. The YIYO archive included 48 cases ,with 5, 615 items, 80 boxes of
documents with an estimated 24,000 items, 8 cases of written music including 2,400 items, 47
cases of brochures with 14,100 items, and 15 cases of newspapers with 4,500 items. The report
provides a description oqhe above figures, stating:
Because of the natpre ofthe materials, an accurate count would be extremely difficult, as
, ~ell [as] pointless. The tqtal figure is therefore an estimate based on an average figure of 300
, items per case. The ~verage figUfe is an arbitrary one, which is known to be very conservative
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States remained in,U.S. custody. The OAD contained "close to 30,000 items, seized by the
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SOURCE:
JR~O
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The U.S. Govern':"ent seized about $541 million in German assets. (Congressional
, Quarterly Almanac, VoL feVIII, pAOO; JRSO, Report, p.32) JRSO paper, p. 1.
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Europe possessed up to $9 billion of property before their persecution. (Semite Report No.
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"Staff Study on Transfer of Functions and Personnel dealing with Monuments, Fine Arts, Archives and
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260, Ardelia Hall, Box 344, bates numbers 118985-119008,
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figures shown ir,t this table have been compiled from three comprehensive reports. External and
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on Transfer of Functions and
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'Division to Education and CulhIral
Rel~tlons Division", September 10,1948.' NACP,RG 260, Entry AG 1948, Box
344, bates numbers 118985-119008. The figure 4.3 million objects restituted to German owners came from the
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by, "After Five Years: 1948-1953" November 1,1953. World Jewish Congress Archives in Cleveland, Ohio, bates
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numbersI16964-116985.
Status ofthe Collecting Point Report (Marburg), August 5, 1946. Signed by Francis W. Biloqeau.
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Munich Central Col,lecting Point monthly activity report'October 1, 1948. NACP, RG 260, Ardelia Hall,
Box 476, bates number 119278.
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Munich Central Collecting Point monthly activity'report March 31, 1949. NACP, RG 260, Ardelia Hall,
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MFA&A Final Report, December 30, 1948. NACP, RG 260, Ardelia Hall Box 712, bates number
119187-119221.
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Offenbach Archival Depot Monthly Report, November 30, 1948. NACP, RG260, Ardelia I}all,Box 129,
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bates numbers 119028-119029.
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�""Estimated Evaluation of Restitutions from U.S. Zone, Austria," July 1947, NACP, RG 260, Entry,
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USACA, Restitution USFA,Box 155, bates numbers. While Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were included in the
chart of countries receiving restitution from USFA, neither had received art or cultural property as of the July 1947
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report. The values given for thb restituted goods are given in the price of U.S. dollars as of the 1947 report.
xi "The Bank for Inte~ational Settlements During the Second World War," Dr. Piet Clement, Historian
Head of Records and Archives ,BIS, Paper presented at London Conference on Nazi Gold, Dec. 2-4, 1997, p. 3.
[226444] [226441-226457] See also: In a secret letter, dated Jan. 19, 1942, from H.W. Auburn, British Embassy,
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. Washington, D.C. to Frank DietriCh, U.S. Treasury, Stabilization Office, an intelligence source cited stated in less
then two months (author's emphasis) "beginning of December 1941, more than 21 tons of gold passed through
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Basle, Switzerland, en route from Berlin to Berne and escorted by Reichsbank officials. This movement supports
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the theory that it is German gola which is being sold from time to time by the Banque Nationale Suisse to the Banco
de PortugaL" NACP RG l31, Entry General Correspondence 1942-1960, Box 459. [226196]
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xiiInterrogations of the: Johannes Berhardt, the Managing Director of Sofmdus, the, German holding
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company located in Spain, and the management of Auto Transit, AG, the official Swiss transport agency for Spain.
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Memorandum from Jason Paige, Jr., Liaison Officer, War Department, Strategic Services Unit, Wash., DC to Orvis
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Entry Foreign Funds Control, Box 171, File: German.y: Gold Transfers to European Neutrals. [226280-226290].
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xiii Thi~ letter was found during a search for documents at the offices ofl.G. Farben where Schmitz was a
manager. Memorandum for Fil.es, Donald W. Curtis, "Estimate of Assets and Liabilities of the BIS i Case of
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Liquidation," Draft'May 31,
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�xiv Restitution ofProp~rty: Gold Looted by Germany and Transferred to the Bank for International
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Settlements, Agreement between the United States ofAmei-ica, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Northern
Ireland and France, and the Bartk for International Settlements, effected by exchange 'of letters; entered into force
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[226332-22633].
xv Press Release No.
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Department of State, May 14, 1948. NACP RG 56, Accession 75101, Box 169,
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File: BIS/2/00 Looted Gold. [226390].
xvi"Note on Gold Operations Involving the Bank for International Settlements and the German Reichsbank,
1939-1945, Draft BIS Study, May 1977, n. 14 at p. 15 [226456]. Dr. Piet Clement,Historian, Head of Records, BIS,
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paper presented at the LondonlConference on Nazi God, Dc. 2-4, 1997. [226441-226457] See also Preliminary
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Study, 'Us. and Allied Efforts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany during
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World War II," Prepared by William Z. Slany, Coordinated by Stuart Eizenstat, Department of State Document
10468, May 1997, pp. 192-193.
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75101, Box 169, File: BIS/2/00 Looted Gold. [226387].
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International Finance and Noqnan T. Ness, Office of Financial and Development Poiicy, p. 3, March 16, 1948. RG
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59, Entry Legal Advisory-Lot JOD516, Box 13, File: Post War Settlemtns lARA Gold I. [209612-209613].See '
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also: The restitution agreement
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melting by the Bank of Englarid, th.e f~al weight showed a loss of 18.632 troy oz, and entailed costs of272 pounds
sterling, 8 pence, 6 shillings. The loss was deducted from the gold accounts of the US, UK and France. Since the
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the matter independently, Note by M. Hirigoyen, "Gold Delivered by the Bank for International Settlements to the
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"Consideration of questions ofjreceiPting and accounting in, respect of the gold ~eliverd to the Bank of England by
the BIS (68 th Mtg - Min 3c) [2,01888]. RG 59, Entry 5382, Box 6 . '
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Reichsbank, pp. 157-163.
Preliminary Analysis of the Polish Claim (undated, c. November 14,1947), Edward W. O'Flaherty,
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NACP,RG 84, Entry 2113N, Box 7 [206810-812]. Draft memo, January 30, '1948, Edward W. O'Flaherty, Poland,
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fine gold, June 9, 1958, p. 31, fACP, RG 59, Lot 62D 115, 'Box 13 [208560-628].
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so~e of the earliest inquiries from individuals, the TGC added that it only considered
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Resume ofTGC file 6111, 111'2.5/97, NACP, RG 59, Entry 5382, Box 7 [202082-084].
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Adjudication by the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold on a Claim Submitted
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by the government of Czechoslovakia for the Restitution of 45,008.2784 kgs of fme gold, NACP, RG 59, Lot
62Dl15, Box 13, pp. 1-4, [208484-487]. Table, Distribution, Second Series of Allocations, February 14, 1948, M.
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Transfer of Gold from Triparti~e Commission to Czechoslovak National Bank, NACP, RG 56, Entry 66A8 16, Box I
[212035].
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6 [207962-966]. Final Minute~, TGC, 190 th meeting, September 17,1974, NACP, RG 59, Entry 5382, Box 1
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[201484-487]. Letter, TGC to!President, FRBNY, February 5, 1982, NAC;~, RG 59, Entry 5382, Box 4 [201625-:
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NARA RG 260, ~ecords of the FED, Box424, file 940.38, PCIRO General, memo from ChiefofFED,
Subject: IGCR Turnover, July 23, 1947; memo also includes response from Executive Officer of Finance Division
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noting agreement on tentative agreed overall valuation, dated August 8, 1947; the support for the $750,000 figure is
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in NARA RG 260, Records of:the FED, Box 420, file 940.15B, Restitution Policy file, "Preseqt Status of
Disposition of Precious MetaJ~, Currencies, and Securities," October 7, 1947, p. 3.
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NARA RG 260, Records of the FED, Box 400 (no file given), "Report on Status FED," December 19,
1950, p. 2.
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Victims ofNazism," IRO Press Release, December 19, 1947.
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NARA RG 59, Rebords of the IRO, Box 21, PCIRO News Bulletin file, IRO News Digest No. 16,
October 7, 1948, "Sale of Con,fisca ted Property for Victims of Persecution," p. 5.
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7th Shipments, Undated, NACP., Record Group 260, Ardelia Hall Collection,. Box 316.
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"Nazi Loot Brings $31,520," New York Times, Jun. 25,1948.
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OMGUS sig.ned Clay' to AGWAR, January 4, 1947,NACP, RG 260, Box 467, Misc. Records reo
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NACP, RG 260, FED, Box 1@ [219?73-675]. Cable, OMGUS, Berlin to Dept of Army for OSCAD, April 2, 1949,
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�Asset Type
I Wartime Gold
• Reichsbank7 Bucharest
Prewar Gold
• Reichsbank Vienna
! Prewar Gold
· Austrian Nat. Bank
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Aktion Reinhardt
iAmount
' $53,758,882
. ! 47,773,995.5 grams
: $72,976,361.6
; 64,852,024.2 grams
: 78,267,146:4 grams
3/17/38
· 91,256,915.6 grams
Date
Source [Bates #]
July 2\ 1946
220645
JUne 24, 1938
220814
Jan. 20, 1947
220815
:6/30/38
1943
i Est. RM 18 million
: Globocnik to Rimmler
June 4,1946
:$1,750,000
• Gold
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· 50,000 ounces
.• Wartime Gold
J938-1945
· $741 million incoming
: $740.9 million outgoing.
Sept. 8,,1945
: $128,116,523.9 found
I Reichsbank gold bars
; $1,307,074.4 unfound,
, Reichsbank gold coins
i $124,380,782.9found
Sept. 8, 1945,
i $2,157,120.1 unfound
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. Sept. 8, 1945
~ $34,949,404.1 found
I Belgian Gold
i $2,426,578.3 unfound
1344,535 art, 1,399,220
Dec. 31,1947
Cultural Objects
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Restituted (Germany)
Ibooks abroad, 1,021,419
; books to Germany, US
Dec. 31, 1947
Cultural Objects on hand i Munich = 45,954 art,
(Germany)
i 254,525 books.
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. i Wiesbaden = 201, 188 art,
: 917,809 books:
1933-1945
'Est. 2.3 million found in
Books from Jewish
private and public
: Freemasons' Lodge in
libraries
Berlin
1944
• Dutch Gold resmelted by · 18,318,650 NeJ. Guilders
: 11,051,422 grams (est.)
Pruss ian Mint
, 15,064 properties of
Feb. 28, 1946
Real Property
which 7,898 are Nazi
· party. Worth an estimated
RM2.561 billion
Feb. 28, 1947
· 88,761 properties worth
I Real Property
.' RMjJ .609 billion .
,N,azi props.:= 57,633 '(RM
1.11~ billion; Looted
(external) = 410 worth
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~RM..229 million
:
,
301565
308028
220071
215791
215791
215791
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108911
101067
217696
314083
314109
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Valuation of Jewish
Assets by Mr. Thomsen
Value of seized Jewish
property in Germany and
Austria
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: RM 8 to 16 billion
Aug. 18, 1938
• (estimated)
• May 9,1946
: RM 8,531n'lillion total
· (112 million = agricuJ. .,
property and forestry; RM
2343 million = real estate;
RM 1195 million
operating capital; RM
.
4881 million other
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317672
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Value of Jewish assets in
Austria 3112i38
Wartime amounts paid by
Austrian Jews <
' 72,000 confiscations
worth RM 113,548,711.47
! millions
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317678
319306
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(J udenvennoegensabgabe)
and RM 181,000;000
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,approximately RM 45
76 shipments of SS loot
,< : million.
sent to Reichsbank
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Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets
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<p>The Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States, formed in 1998, was charged with investigating what happened to the assets of victims of the Holocaust that ended up in the possession of the United States Federal government. The final report of the Commission, <a href="http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/pcha/PlunderRestitution.html/html/Home_Contents.html"> “Plunder and Restitution: Findings and Recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and Staff Report"</a> was submitted to President Clinton in December 2000.</p>
<p>Chairman - Edgar Bronfman<br /> Executive Director - Kenneth Klothen</p>
<p>The collection consists of 19 series. The first fifteen series of the collection are composed mostly of photocopied federal records. These records were reproduced at the National Archives and Records Administration by commission members for their research. The records relate to Holocaust assets created between the mid 1930’s and early 1950’s by a variety of U. S. Government agencies and foreign sources.</p>
<p>Subseries:<br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+and+Cultural+Property+">Art and Cultural Property</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gold+">Gold</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gold+Team+Review+Form+Binders+">Gold Team Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+and+Cultural+Property+and+%E2%80%9COthers%E2%80%9D+Review+Form+Binders">Art and Cultural Property and “Others” Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Non-Gold+Financial+Assets+Review+Form+Binders">Non-Gold Financial Assets Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=History+Associates+Binder+">History Associates Binder</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Non-Gold+Financial+Assets+Review+Form+Binders+%282%29">Non-Gold Financial Assets Review Form Binders (2)</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Financial+Assets+Documents">Financial Assets Documents</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=RG+84%2C+Foreign+Service+Posts+of+the+State+Department%E2%80%94Turkey">RG 84, Foreign Service Posts of the State Department—Turkey</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Financial+Assets+Documents">Financial Assets Documents</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%5BJewish+Restitution+Successor+Organization+%28JRSO%29%2C+Oral+Histories%5D&range=&collection=20&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">[Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO), Oral Histories]</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=PCHA+Secondary+Sources">PCHA Secondary Sources</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Researcher+Notes">Researcher Notes</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Unnumbered+Documents+from+Archives+II+and+Various+Notes">Unnumbered Documents from Archives II and Various Notes</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=RG+260%2C+Finance+Inventory+Forms">RG 260, Finance Inventory Forms</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reparations">Reparations</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chase+National+Bank">Chase National Bank</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Administrative+Files">Administrative Files</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+%26+Cultural+Property+Theft">Art & Cultural Property Theft</a></p>
<p>Topics covered by these records include the recovery of confiscated art and cultural property; the reparation of gold and other financial assets; and the investigation of events surrounding capture of the Hungarian Gold Train at the close of World War II. These files contain memoranda, correspondence, inventories, reports, and secondary source material related to the final disposition of art and cultural property, gold, and other financial assets confiscated during the Holocaust.</p>
<p>For more information concerning this collection consult the<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/35992"> finding aid</a>.</p>
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/35992" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1040718" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
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2954 folders
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Paper
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Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States
Art & Cultural Property Theft
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Box 216
<a href="http://clintonlibrary.gov/assets/Documents/Finding-Aids/Systematic/Holocaust-Assets.pdf" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="http://catalog.archives.gov/description/6997222" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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6/24/2013
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