Sweden published the names of the holders of 649 bank accounts totaling some $880,000 that have remained dormant since the end of World War II. Jewish representatives on a government-appointed commission probing the accounts said they believed some of the moneys belonged to Jews murdered during the Holocaust. The list of account holders can be viewed on the World Wide Web at: www.ud.se.
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