Switzerland’s central bank failed to halt purchases of Nazi gold in the latter stages of World War II despite warnings from the Allies that it was buying looted gold, according to a new study conducted by the Swiss National Bank. But the report defended the bank’s overall wartime practices of buying gold as necessary for the country’s economy.
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