Neutrals Give Mixed Reaction to U.S. Call to Contribute to Holocaust Victims

1. U.S. Report On June 2, 1998, the U.S. in a supplemental report on the role of neutrals in the Holocaust urged five neutral countries to continue their accountability and make financial contributions to a fund for Nazi Holocaust victims, not as a legal obligation, but as a moral gesture. Stuart Eizenstat, the U.S. Undersecretary of State who has led the investigation, has stated that the neutral countries were part of “a seamless web” of trade and finance worth $2.6bn in today’s worth... [more]