The manager of the French branch of Britain’s leading commercial bank, Barclays, not only acted as the Nazis’ banker during World War II but also volunteered to hand over Jewish staff members, according to documents found in the U.S. National Archives. The materials were located by researchers working on a BBC television documentary, “Banking With Hitler,” which examined the role of European banks during the war???
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