Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Abandoned property in Switzerland belonging to Holocaust victims, 1952-1962

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Abandoned property in Switzerland belonging to Holocaust victims, 1952-1962 

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Abandoned property in Switzerland belonging to Holocaust victims, 1952-1962 

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Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Abandoned property in Switzerland belonging to Holocaust victims, 1952-1962 In the file: - Articles regarding the abandoned property in Switzerland published by B. Sagalowitz in the"Israelitisches Wochenblat" newspaper, September-October 1952; - Drafts of other articles and handwritten notes; - Documentation regarding Swiss government policy regarding the abandoned property, including 1950s debates in the Swiss Parliament regarding compulsory registration by banks and other institutions, and a proposal made by Dr. Harald Huber, MP, 20 March 1957; - Copy of a letter from the Schweizerische Bankvereinigung to VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Welfare and Refugee Relief Organizations) regarding the account of Bela Loew Beer, a Holocaust victim, 18 October 1962; - Correspondence between Oskar Stern, a member of the executive council of the Association of Victims of the Nazis in Switzerland, to Dr. Walter Breslauer, deputy head of the Council of German Jews in London, regarding the reparations agreement with West Germany, August-September 1960.