| "Independent
Committee of Eminent Persons" aka Volcker Committee |
Committee
set up by the Swiss Bankers' Association. Chair:
Paul Volcker. The Jewish side is represented by
Chairman of the Latin American Jewish Congress Reuben
Braja, Chairman of the Jewish Agency Avraham Burg, and
American industrialist Ronald Lauder. The Swiss
appointees are Professors Alain Hirsch, Klaus Jacobi and
Curt Gateyger. The alternates for the Jewish side are Zvi
Barak and Israel Singer; for the Swiss, Hans Baer and Dr.
Peider Menigiardi. |
| "Holocaust
Humanitarian Fund" aka "Special fund" |
Fund
capitalized at $190 million. Seven member executive.
President: Rolf Bloch, other Jewish members: Joseph Burg,
MK Avraham Herschson, Edgar Bronfman. |
| "Internal
Commission of Experts" |
Swiss
commission headed by historian Prof. Bergier. Other
historians: Sybil Milton (Holocaust Museum in Washington)
Saul Friedlander (Jerusalem), Wladyslaw Bartoszewski
(Warsaw), Harold James (Princeton), Georg Kreis (Basel),
Jacques Picard (Berne), Jacob Tanner (Zurich), and Joseph
Voyame. |
| "Solidarity
Fund" |
The
fund, which will be endowed with assets worth $4.7
billion, and which will distribute $250 million per year,
is slated to be set up next year. The purpose of the fund
is to aid Swiss indigents, victims of natural disasters,
and victims of persecution including Holocaust survivors. |
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| Allianz
AG insurance group |
Munich
based insurer |
| Anderson,
Kill & Olick |
legal
firm suing the insurance companies |
| Anderson,
Larry |
lawyer
at Anderson, Kill & Olick - one of the firms suing
the insurers |
| Assicurazioni
Generali |
large
Italian insurer |
| Baer,
Hans |
alternate
Swiss member of the Independent Committee of Eminent
Persons; Vice President, Swiss Bankers Association;
Chairman, Bank Julius Baer. |
| Bank
Julius Baer |
Switzerland's
largest private bank. |
| Banque
Cantonale Vaudoise |
one
of five banks chosen by the Volcker Committee for the
sample group of five banks to test methods of tracking
Holocaust accounts. (bought Credit Foncier Vaudois Bank) |
| Barak,
Zvi |
alternate
Jewish member of the Independent Committee of Eminent
Persons; Co-Chairman, World Jewish Restitution
Organization. |
| Bergier,
Prof. Jean Francois |
Chairman,
"Internal Commission of Experts" investigating
committee |
| Blick |
conservative
Swiss newspaper |
| Bloch,
Rolf |
President
of the Swiss Jewish community; president of the
"Holocaust Humanitarian Fund". |
| Blocher,
Christoph |
right
wing Swiss MP |
| Borer,
Thomas |
Swiss
ambassador, chief of the Swiss Task Force on the Assets
of Nazi Victims. |
| Braja,
Reuben |
Banker;
Chairman of the Latin American Jewish Congress, member of
Independent Committee of Eminent Persons |
| Bronfman,
Edgar M. |
president
of WJC; Co-President of WJRO; chairman of Seagram |
| Burg,
Avraham |
Chairman
of the Jewish Agency, member of the Independent Committee
of Eminent Persons; Co-President of WJRO. |
| Burg,
Joseph |
member
"Holocaust Humanitarian Fund". |
| Chapuis,
Jean-Paul |
CEO
of SBA. |
| Cohen,
Marc |
Washington-based
attorney for the Swiss Bankers Association |
| Corriere
della Sera |
Italian
newspaper alleging that Assucurazioni Generali insured
concentration camps |
| Cotti,
Flavio |
Swiss
Foreign Minister |
| Credit
Foncier Vaudois Bank |
Lausanne
bank taken over by Banque Cantonale Vaudoise |
| Credit
Suisse |
Switzerland's
largest bank. One of five banks chosen by the Volcker
Committee for the sample group to test methods of
tracking Holocaust accounts. |
| D'Amato,
Alfonse M. |
US
Senator (R-NY), Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Defago,
Alfred |
Swiss
Ambassador to US |
| Delamuraz,
Jean-Pascal |
Swiss
president 1996; Swiss Minister for Economic Affairs |
| Donovan,
William |
chief
of OSS during WWII |
| Dugan,
John |
Swiss
Bank Corp. NY CEO |
| Eizenstat,
Stuart E. |
Under
Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Special
envoy for restitution of Jewish property in Europe |
| Fagan,
Edward |
lawyer
filing class-action suit against Swiss |
| Federal
Council |
Swiss
government |
| Feigel,
Sigi |
organizer
in Swiss Jewish community |
| Flug,
Noah |
Chairman
Center of Survivors' Organizations in Israel |
| Foxman,
Abraham |
national
director of ADL |
| Friedlander,
Saul |
historian,
member of the Internal Commission of Experts |
| Gateyger,
Curt |
Swiss
member of the Independent Committee of Eminent Persons |
| Gerstel,
Linda |
lawyer
representing plaintiffs against European insurers |
| Grendelmeier,
Verena |
member
of the Swiss Parliament |
| Haeni,
Hanspeter |
Swiss
Bankers Association's ombudsman |
| Haggenmuller,
Erwin |
UBS
director, economist |
| Harris,
David A. |
executive
director of American Jewish Committee |
| Hauri,
Dr. Kurt |
Chairman,
Swiss Federal Banking Commission, Bern |
| Hausfeld,
Michael |
lawyer
filing class-action suit against Swiss |
| Herschson,
MK Avraham |
member
Holocaust Humanitarian Fund; Chairman, Knesset Committee
for Jewish Property Restitution |
| Hier,
Rabbi Marvin |
President
of LA based Wiesenthal Center |
| Hirsch,
Alain |
Swiss
member of the Independent Committee of Eminent Persons |
| Hug,
Peter |
historian
hired by Swiss government to investigate banks |
| Jacobi,
Klaus |
Swiss
member of the Independent Committee of Eminent Persons |
| Jagmetti,
Carlo |
Swiss
Ambassador to US ("wage war") |
| Janner,
MP Granville |
British
parliamentarian |
| Kent,
Roman |
chairman
of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors |
| Koller,
Arnold |
Swiss
president 1997; Swiss Minister of Justice and Police |
| Krayer,
Georg |
Chairman,
Swiss Bankers Association |
| Kunin-May,
Madeleine |
US
ambassador to Switzerland |
| Landwehr,
Dr. |
directed
Nazi foreign exchange |
| Lauder,
Ronald |
member
of the Independent Committee of Eminent Persons; WJC
Treasurer |
| Leach,
Jim |
Iowa
congressman - Chairman, House Banking Committee |
| Levin,
Itamar |
"Globes"
reporter who was instrumental in breaking the Swiss
Holocaust deposits affair. |
| Lyssy,
Thomas |
Swiss
Jewish Federation Vice President |
| Matile-Steiner,
Silvia |
Legal
Secretary, Swiss Bankers Association |
| Meili,
Christoph |
former
security guard at UBS who reported document shredding |
| Mendelsohn,
Martin |
Wiesenthal
Center's legal counsel |
| Menigiardi,
Dr. Peider |
alternate
Swiss member of the Independent Committee of Eminent
Persons |
| Meyer,
Hans |
Swiss
National Bank chairman |
| Milton,
Sybil |
Holocaust
Museum in Washington - member of the Internal Commission
of Experts |
| National
Archives of the US |
|
| Neue
Zuercher Zeitung |
Zurich
daily |
| Office
of Strategic Services |
US
intelligence agency during WW II |
| Patterson,
Robert |
US
undersecretary of war in 1944 |
| Perrenoud,
Marc |
historian
hired by Swiss government to investigate banks |
| Picard,
Jacques |
Author:
"Switzerland and the Jews:1933-1945", eminent
Swiss-Jewish historian |
| Pohl,
Emil |
Vice
Chairman of Reichsbank during WW II, handled relations
with Swiss National Bank |
| Project
Safe Haven |
secret
WW II operation to discover Nazi assets outside Germany |
| Rickman,
Gregg |
D'Amato
legislative director, chief investigator of the Swiss
Deposits Affair |
| Rubin,
Seymour J. |
Chief
US negotiator with Swiss after WWII |
| Ruder
Finn |
NY
public relations firm hired by Swiss government |
| Scheffler,
Wolfgang |
German
historian |
| Singer,
Israel |
secretary
general of WJC, alternate member of the Independent
Committee of Eminent Persons; Co-Chairman of WJRO |
| Slaney,
William |
State
Department historian, co-author of Eizenstadt report |
| St.
Gallische Kantonalbank, St. Gallen |
one
of five banks chosen by the Volcker Committee for the
sample group of five banks to test methods of tracking
Holocaust accounts. |
| Steinberg,
Elan |
executive
director of WJC |
| Studer,
Robert |
UBS
Chairman |
| Swiss
Bank Corporation |
one
of the 3 largest Swiss Banks. one of five banks chosen by
the Volcker Committee for the sample group of five banks
to test methods of tracking Holocaust accounts. |
| Swiss
Bankers' Association (SBA) |
head:
Georg Krayer |
| Swiss
Federal Banking Commission |
Swiss
authority overseeing its banking system |
| Swiss
National Bank (SNB) |
Central
bank of Switzerland |
| Union
Bank of Switzerland (UBS) |
one
of the 3 largest Swiss Banks |
| US
Holocaust Memorial Museum |
Holocaust
museum in Washington D.C. |
| Villiger,
Kaspar |
Swiss
president 1995; Swiss Minister of Finance |
| Volcker,
Paul |
former
US Federal Reserve Chairman; Chairman of the
"Independent Committee of Eminent Persons" |
| Weiss,
Melwyn |
US
attorney who filed class action suit against the Swiss
banks. |
| Wiesel,
Elie |
refused
to serve as Doyen International Chairman of Holocaust
Humanitarian Fund |
| World
Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) |
|
| World
Jewish Congress (WJC) |
president:
Edgar M. Bronfman, executive director: Elan Steinberg,
secretary general: Israel Singer |
| Ziegler,
Jean |
Socialist
member of the Swiss Parliament, sociologist who wrote
"Switzerland: The Awful Truth". |