Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal was quoted in a newspaper interview today as saying that unidentified banks in Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Tangiers were “treasure houses” of bullion and other booty looted during the war and held by thousands of Nazis still at large.
According to the Tribune de Geneve, Wiesenthal said that ten million Nazi Party survivors were still alive–5 million in West Germany, 1.5 million in East Germany “and environs,” and a half million In Austria, The rest are scattered in other countries.
Wiesenthal said that he saw with his own eyes “Hate of bank accounts in Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Tangiers…where huge funds in gold and loot have been cached.” But, he said, “nobody is seriously concerned with this” In a world that is “growing weary of the war on war criminals.”
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