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44 Letter from the three leaders of the Allied negotiation delegations to the Swiss delegation (original
French). Unlike the Washington Accord, which was publicised in the course of its ratification by
the Parliament, two letters that considered the victims’ position were kept secret at the time.
Cf. www.dodis.ch: document no. 1732.
45 See the case of Baron Robert von Hirsch, 1936; Tisa Francini/Heuss/Kreis, Fluchtgut, 2001 (Publications
of the ICE), p. 341.
46 Article 1 (2) RGB.
47 For further details see Grell, Entartete Kunst, 1999, pp. 197ff.; Siehr, Rechtsfragen, 2001 (Publications
of the ICE). Chapter 1.2.2.2; Vischer, Handel, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), chapter A.II.
48 Castelmur, Finanzbeziehungen, 1992; Frei, Washingtoner Abkommen, 1969.
49 See Uhlig/Barthelmess/König/Pfaffenroth/Zeugin, Tarnung, 2001 (Publications of the ICE),
chapter 11; see also ibid, chapter 4.4, the statements by Alfred Kurzmeyer in support of Hermann
Josef Abs or the SS member Leo Volk.
50 UBS Archives, SBG Fund, 1200000002680, 13 May 1950, declaration by Alfred Schaefer (original
German). See Perrenoud/López/Adank/Baumann/Cortat/Peters, Place financière, 2002 (Publications
of the ICE), chapter 4.6.2.
51 Report of the Federal Political Department on financial negotiations with the Allied delegation, in:
DDS, vol. 15, p. 1018 (original French).
52 FA, E 2001 (E) 1967/113, vol. 474, note of a meeting held on 21 August 1947, published in DDS,
vol. 17, no. 19 (original French).
53 CSG Archives, Leu Fund, 53.105.201, «Herrenlose Vermögen in der Schweiz. Konferenz auf dem
Eidg. Justiz-und Polizeidepartement, Bern, 20 February 1952», 7 March 1952, p. 5 (original
German).
54 SBVg Archives, minutes of the 203rd meeting of the Board of Directors of the SBA, 23 April 1952,
p. 9 (original German).
55 SBVg Archives, minutes of the meeting of the working committee of the Legal Commission,
1 December 1952, p. 3 (original German).
56 Picard, Schweiz, 1994, pp. 194–217.
57 Haldemann, Schutz, 2001 (Publications of the ICE).
58 Ludi/Speck, Victims, 2001; also Huonker/Ludi, Roma, 2001; Spuhler/Jud/Melichar/Wildmann,
Arisierungen, 2002, (Publications of the ICE), chapter 3; Speck, Entrechtungsschäden, 1998.
59 Bonhage/Lussy/Perrenoud, Vermögen, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), chapter 6.4
60 UBS Archives, SBV Fund, no reference, SBC Zurich to senior management «highly confidential»,
21 November 1969 (original German).
61 On 25 May 1946 the three Allied delegation leaders asked Walter Stucki «to submit for the kind
consideration of your Government, in the interest of any victims of German looting whose property
has been found in Switzerland, the possibility of instituting a simple and economic administrative
procedure that takes account of the poverty and fragility of these victims» (original French); see FA,
KI/ 646, Allied delegation leaders to Stucki, 25 May 1946. www.dodis.ch: document no. 1732.
62 FA, KI/ 646, Acknowledgement by the Allied delegation leaders to Stucki of Stucki’s letter to the
leaders, 25 May 1946 (original French). www.dodis.ch: document no. 1730.
63 Hug/Perrenoud, Vermögenswerte, 1997, p. 6.
64 Bonhage/Lussy/Perrenoud, Vermögen, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), Figure 11 in chapter 6.1
65 Bonhage/Lussy/Perrenoud, Vermögen, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), chapter 6.1.2.
66 UBS Archives, SBG Fund, 12000003018, «Notiz über die Besprechung in Bern beim Eidgenössischen
Politischen Departement vom Dienstag, den 10. Januar 1950, betreffend herrenlose Güter,
die bei schweizerischen Banken verwaltet werden», 10 January 1950 (original German).
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