World War II Dormant Accounts

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• International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims - http://www.icheic.org/
• Established October 1998 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in cooperation with several European insurance companies, European regulators, representatives of several Jewish organizations, and the State of Israel, to establish a just process that will address the issue of unpaid insurance policies issued to victims of the Holocaust.
• Nationalfonds der Republik Österreich - http://www.nationalfonds.org/
• Austrian General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism.
• Database of Unclaimed Swiss Bank Acoounts and Other Holocaust-Era Assets - http://www.avotaynu.com/holocaustlist/
• Lists purchasers of unclaimed policies.
• Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany - http://www.claimscon.org/
• Works to secure compensation and restitution for survivors of the Holocaust and heirs of victims.
• Holocaust Claims Processing Office of the New York State Banking Department - http://www.claims.state.ny.us/
• Assists victims of the Holocaust and their heirs in the recovery of bank accounts, insurance policies and art stolen or looted as a result of persecution by Nazi Germany.
• Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the US - http://www.pcha.gov/
• Mission is to present a thorough historical record of the collection and disposition of the assets of Holocaust victims that came into the possession or control of the Government of the United States.
• State Department - http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocausthp.html
• Links to US statements on Holocaust assets.
• UK Government Enemy Property Payment Scheme - http://www.enemyproperty.gov.uk/
• British Government's Payment Scheme allowing victims of Nazi persecution to apply for compensation for the seizure of assets, in the United Kingdom during the Second World War under the Trading With the Enemy legislation.
• Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation (Swiss Banks) - http://www.crt-ii.org/
• Process to allow Nazi victims or their heirs to claim assets deposited in Swiss banks before and during World War II.