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The Red House Report

JL;DR SUMMARY "The Red House Report" by Adam LeBor delves into the controversy surrounding Swiss banks' clandestine dealings with Nazi Germany and their refusal to repay Holocaust victims' dormant accounts. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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World Jewish CongressNazi GermanyHolocaust VictimsNeutralityAdam LeborHistorical AccountabilityLooted GoldSwiss BanksDormant AccountsFinancial Complicity

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New York, United States
"One day in the summer of 1996, I was handed a box of documents in the office of the World Jewish Congress in New York."
Switzerland
"Switzerland had long portrayed itself as an honest broker between the Allies and the Nazis, a force for humanitarian good, home to the Red Cross, the United Nations and other doers of good works."

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