Switzerland and Gold Transactions in the Second World War

Interim Report on Gold
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Contents
List of Charts and Tables
No. Charts Page
I Gold consignments of the Reichsbank in Switzerland 1940–1945 65
II Gold purchased by the SNB from the Reichsbank 1939–1945 per quarter 66
III Distribution of the SNB’s gold holdings at home and abroad 1939–1945 68
IV Gold sold by the SNB on the market 1940–1945 81
V Price trend for gold coins in Switzerland 89
No. Tables Page
I Overview of gold transactions of the Reichsbank 39
II Gold imports into Switzerland 1939–1945 46
III Gold purchases and sales by the SNB (gross and net) 51
IV Gold transactions of the Reichsbank via the SNB (gross) 1940–1945 56
V/1 Shipments of the Reichsbank to major Swiss banks 1940/41, per year 56
V/2 Shipments of the Reichsbank to major Swiss banks 1940/41, per bank 56
V/3 Shipments of the Reichsbank to Swiss commercial banks 1940/41 according
57
to US source 1946
VI Percentage cover of SNB notes in circulation, annual average 69
VII Gold transactions between the SNB and the Banco de Portugal 1939–1945 83
VIII SNB gold purchases and sales with the Allies, 1939–1945 135
IX Movements of capital between Switzerland and the United States (1939–1945) 139
X Geographic distribution of the currency reserves in gold (1940–1945) 140
XI Gold holdings of the SNB and the Swiss Confederation (1939–1945) 141
XII Francs needed by the Allies 144
XIII Confederation gold deposits (1943–1945) 150
XIV Balance sheets of the Swiss banks in 1940 (excluding private banks) 156
XV Switzerland’s major banks in 1940 156
XVI Purchases of Belgian looted gold by the SNB 166
XVII Development of gross premium income of Swiss insurance companies,
173
1939–1945
XVIII Premium income of Swiss insurance groups from German business
174
operations, 1943
XIX Gold purchased by the big Swiss banks from the SNB (bars and coins,
Appendix 2
1939–1945, gross value)
XX Gold purchases and sales of the SNB, 1939–1945 Appendix 2
XXI Profits of the SNB from gold and foreign currency trading 1939–1945 Appendix 2
XXII Profits of the SNB from the purchase and sale of gold Appendix 2
XXIII Compilation made by the SNB in 1946 and 1948 concerning Dutch and
Belgium gold: Shipments from the Reichsbank to the SNB
Appendix 2