A former security guard who prevented the shredding of vital Holocaust-era bank records four years ago told a Swiss newspaper that he had been mistreated by Jewish groups. Claiming that such groups owe him $1 million, Christoph Meili told the SonntagsZeitung, “I am just asking for my money and that they leave me in peace. I have had enough of the sanctimoniousness” of Jewish groups.
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