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INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF EXPERTS
SWITZERLAND - WORLD WAR II
Berne, August 14, 1997
Press
release
The
Independent Commission of Experts receives testimonies
The Independent Commission of Experts: Switzerland
- Second World War (ICE), under the chairmanship of Jean-François
Bergier, invites witnesses to entrust the ICE with statements relevant
to their investigations. It has set up a contact point for this
purpose, to which persons who possess information about the scope and
fate of assets brought to Switzerland as a result of national-socialist
rule, about business activities of Swiss enterprises abroad, about the
attitude of Swiss authorities and individuals towards refugees and prisoners
as well as general information may apply.
The ICE is interested in statements by persons
who are in a position to provide information on the basis of their professional
activity and any other relevant experience. In this connection, it is
thinking particularly in terms of (former) staff of banks, insurance companies,
lawyers' chambers, fiduciary companies and in general firms with business
connections abroad. In addition, the ICE will welcome any information
which may be provided by (former) jewellers, art dealers and hotel staff
etc., as well as personnel of the Federal Administration, the diplomatic
service, the army and the border guards, the Swiss Federal Railways and
the Postal Service, the Police for Foreign Nationals as well as refugee
and prisoner assistance organisations etc. The same also of course applies
to any descendants of such persons possessing relevant documents or information.
The ICE guarantees witnesses that their statements will be handled confidentially.
Witnesses may register with from August
18:
In writing: The Independent Commission
of Experts: Switzerland - Second World War, "Contemporary Witnesses,
P.O. Box 362, CH-3000 Berne 6, or by fax at 031/325 12 38.
By telephone from 0830 to 1130: On
Tuesdays telephone calls will be taken in Italian and on Wednesdays in
French at 031/325 12 39. On Thursdays and Fridays calls will be taken
in English and German at 031/325 12 41.
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