Relatives in France of Baron Louis de Rothschild have been informed that the famous Vienna banker will be released from custody of the nazi authorities this week, the daily herald reported today. The Nazis have confiscated the family’s foreign holdings in Vienna equivalent to the $10,000,000 ransom originally demanded for Baron Rothschild, the paper said.
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