A French government commission probing Jewish property confiscated during the Nazi occupation found that the property included businesses, bank accounts, stocks, buildings, artworks and jewels, as well as a $280,000 fine the Nazis demanded from the French Jewish community. But the commission said it still had to determine what had become of the property, including how much of it had been returned to the rightful heirs after the war and how much was in the hands of the state.
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