More than 3,000 Holocaust survivors and their heirs will have another chance to apply for compensation for Holocaust-era bank accounts. Swiss banks have agreed to publish an additional 3,100 names of account holders who likely were victims of the Holocaust. The move is part of the $1.25 billion Swiss banks settlement, and is in addition to a list of 21,000 names published in 2001.
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