Swiss banks plan to publish on Feb. 5 a list of 21,000 bank accounts that could belong to Holocaust victims, the Swiss Banking Association said. The list is being published under a $1.25 billion settlement Swiss banks agreed to in 1998 as payment for Holocaust-era claims.
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