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Meet the American Banker Who Helped Hitler Loot Jewish Gold—While Spying for the OSS

Adam LeBor in Tablet · 30 Aug 2013

Thomas McKittrick, the American banker who served as president of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) during WWII, played a duplicitous role by aiding Nazi Germany while also working as a spy for the Allied Office of Strategic Services.