Die Schweiz und die Goldtransaktionen im Zweiten Weltkrieg

Zwischenbericht Gold 8 Anhang 3
Lot File M-88, Records of the Council of Foreign Ministers and of Other Meetings of the
Foreign Ministers of the United States and European Powers, 1943–1955 (250/10/19/04).
These records concern the Conference on German External Assets and Looted Gold held in
Washington, D.C., January 6–21, 1953.
Box 197
File «German External Assets.» Information on German assets in Switzerland.
Box 198
File «External Assets – 1945–49.» Information on gold holdings and foreign assets (including
Germany) in Switzerland.
Box 199
File «Rumania – Negotiations.» Information on looted Nazi gold in Rumania scheduled to be shipped
to Switzerland.
File «French Report – BIS Material.» Reports on the resmelting of Belgian gold by the Prussian Mint
in Berlin.
Box 201
File «Swedish – Negotiations.» Information on the gold holdings of the Swiss National Bank [SNB]
from 1939–1945.
File «Swedish – Negotiations and Accord.» Information on the movement of German gold from 1939–
1945.
Box 202
File «List of Firms Owned or Controlled by Germans.» Includes names of firms, addresses, capital,
management, and general remarks about the firms’ operations.
File «Swiss – Negotiations – Final Agreement – Vol. I.» Information concerning Allied negotiations
for the restitution of gold acquired by Switzerland from Germany.
File «Swiss – Negotiations – Final Agreement – Vol. III.» contains drafts and final copies of the
Washington Accord.
Box 203
File «German Economic Penetration in Switzerland.» A detailed report on Germany’s penetration of
the Swiss economy.
File «Swiss – Safehaven Legislation, Jurisprudence.» Information on Swiss cooperation with the
Currie Mission.
File «Spanish – Negotiations.» Information on the role of the SNB in the transfer of gold from
Germany to Spain.
File «Turkish – Negotiations.» contains information related to the transfer of Nazi gold from
Switzerland to Turkey.
RG 56 Records of the Department of Treasury
This record group contains the papers of the Department of Treasury, the agency chiefly
responsible for managing the financial affairs of the United States Government. The operations
of the Department were greatly expanded during the war to include foreign concerns, such as
the control of assets owned by foreign governments and nationals in the United States.