LONDON, Jan 19 (JTA) — Britain promised to publish a list of 25,000 companies and individuals whose assets were seized during World War II and have yet to be returned. Trade and Industry Minister Lord Haskel told Parliament that a report on the assets, which were taken from individuals living in Nazi-occupied Europe, had been drafted and would be published “as soon as possible.” “The list and the report will give a history of the government’s handling of enemy property, which will contribute to a better public understanding of this complex issue,” he said. A statement by the Trade and Industry Department said the study came “in response to concern expressed by the international Jewish community” about the way in which the British government treated assets it seized during World War II belonging to residents in Nazi-occupied Europe.
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