Johann Wehrli & Co. (Q1696513)
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Swiss bank close to Herman Göring
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| English | Johann Wehrli & Co. |
Swiss bank close to Herman Göring |
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Among the most detailed information in recently declassified documents is the case of a Zurich-based bank, Johann Wehrli & Co.:_Gestapo founder Hermann Goering used Wehrli bank for his personal finances, and his accounts were handled by the bank’s manager during World War II, a Nazi sympathizer. (English)
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A June 12, 1945, confidential report from the U.S. Foreign Service in Bern described a trust fund at the Wehrli Bank ``in which were placed the assets and titles of property taken by the Nazis from Jewish businessmen in Germany and the occupied countries.″This report, recently declassified by the National Archives, and others were provided to The Associated Press.The trust fund was named after Gustloff Stiftung, who led Switzerland’s Nazi party and was murdered in 1935. He was considered one of the party’s ``martyrs.″ (English)
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Mr. D'AMATO. Mr. President, I rise today to speak again on the role of Swiss banks during the war in relation to their continued retention of Jewish assets as well as looted Jewish assets. During the course of our ongoing inquiry into these important subjects, we continue to find documents which detail the alleged use of Swiss banks by the Nazis for illicit purposes. One such declassified intelligence document, dated June 12, 1945, from the U.S. Legation in Bern, Switzerland, entitled ``Interim Report on Johann Wehrli & Co., Zurich,'' details the use of a special account set up at what was then called the Wehrli Bank in Zurich under the name of the ``Trustee Account Gustloff Stiftung.'' I want to quote the relevant section of this document to further explain this point. The payments to the Germans of the Hirtenbergerwerke ([Fritz] Mandl's munitions factory in Austria) assets, which were under Mandl's control in 1938, were effected through the Wehrli Bank to an account known as Trustee Account Gustloff Stiftung. The examiner, who has a personal knowledge concerning the background of this trust as a result of his many years residence in Germany before the war, described the Gustloff Stiftung as a ``fund'' in which were placed the assets and titles of property taken by the Nazis from Jewish businessmen in Germany and the occupied countries. (English)
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