 September 23,
2002 Swiss
reject foundation SWISS voters turned down a plan
to create a foundation to help victims of the
Holocaust. Right-wing politician Christoph
Blocher hailed the result of Sunday's
referendum, saying, "The Swiss people cannot be
blackmailed."
In March 1997, then-President Arnold Koller
proposed the foundation, saying it should be used
to help the "victims of poverty and catastrophes,"
including the Holocaust. The foundation was proposed as a
face-saving gesture at a time when Switzerland was
confronting charges of financial complicity with
Nazi Germany and of hoarding the deposits of
Holocaust survivors.  Related story on this
website: 
Holocaust Survivors
Protest over Legal Fee
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The
Times, London: Sept. 20, 2002
A
US woman who led a fight by relatives of Holocaust
victims to recover money from Swiss bank accounts
is the first
person
to receive payment. A judge awarded Greta Beer
$100,000 "in recognition of her services" to other
Holocaust claimants. "A long struggle is coming to
an end," Beer said from Massachusetts. The payment
is the first from a $1.25 billion settlement by
Swiss banks of claims from Holocaust victims...
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