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gogul: Only because of international pressure on Swiss banks, as the previous conditions to make a claim were at the least.. scandalous. How could death certificates of those killed in the holocaust be produced??
And shamefully, the Swiss, like the UK turned away many Jews trying to flee to a neutral country (or non-Nazi influenced) to escaped being killed.
History is such a depositary of info!! Now you can even access complete records dating back to the 100 years war, thanks to the UK government of the time wanting to know where their money was being spent.