British bankers helped Nazis to sell looted Czechoslovak gold in 1939

2013. augusztus 2 19:32

WJC News Update – British bankers helped Nazis to sell looted Czechoslovak gold in 1939

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 02 August 2013

British state bankers helped Nazis to sell looted Czechoslovak gold in 1939

The Bank of England helped in the sale of gold stolen by Nazis after the invasion of Czechoslovakia just months before the outbreak of World War II.

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