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This is  absolutely not true, it's absurd. And this conference is going to show that we have only  played a little role.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Thomas Borer, Head of Swiss Task Force\u003cbr/\u003eThe conference now underway in Geneva was called to shed light on the involvement of  various countries in looted Jewish assets.\u003cbr/\u003eThe meeting, which brings together 28 experts from 17 countries, will examine how to  restore property and funds to their rightful owners.\u003cbr/\u003eThe founder and the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Rabbi Marvin Hier, insists  that Switzerland is not the only culprit.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter the war, the Allies paid over 54 (m) million U-S dollars from seized Nazi assets to  Austria to compensate for Austrian national bank gold confiscated by Hitler. \u003cbr/\u003eHier alleges the sum amounted to a bribe because the United States wanted to keep  the country as a barrier against Communism. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think next to the Swiss, the Austrians made off like complete bandits. In the sense  that Austria took a large amount of the Nazi gold, but never replenished one penny. And  I will detail it in my remarks today. And the United States played a major role in helping  them\".\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre\u003cbr/\u003eBillions of dollars once taken from Holocaust victims are still stacked away in Swiss  bank accounts.\u003cbr/\u003eAt the conference, Hier praised the recent efforts of the Swiss government to establish  a Holocaust Fund in order to return the stolen property to its rightful owners. \u003cbr/\u003eHe praised Switzerland for easing banking secrecy to help search for the dormant  wealth of Holocaust victims in the banks. \u003cbr/\u003eBut he also warned that these Jewish assets were probably 'peanuts' compared to what  Adolf Hitler and his cronies had hidden away. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"There's no doubt about it that perpetrators had foreign funds, and only looking for  victims would be like half the story without looking into perpetrators' accounts, which I'm  sure will be done.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre\u003cbr/\u003eSwitzerland has set up a memorial fund financed by private businesses and the Swiss  central bank to help needy Holocaust victims.\u003cbr/\u003eThomas Borer, head of the Swiss task force again reiterated the willingness of his  country to make good on its promises. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Mr. Bloch, the president of this special fund had some days ago announced that the  first payment should be channelled to Holocaust victims at the end of this summer. And  the Swiss government on many occasions made clear that this is necessary to happen  as soon as possible.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Thomas Borer, Head of Swiss Task Force\u003cbr/\u003eBorer vowed that not one penny that belonged to Holocaust victims would remain in  Swiss banks. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Jean Ziegler, sociologist and Swiss National Deputy, criticised his country's banks  for failing to send representatives to the conference. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I would say that the refusal of the banks to come to this conference is an insult to the  Jewish communities of the world and also to Switzerland, because we are a very old  democratic country and we have the right to know the truth, and the banks, they hold  the truth. They committed the crimes and they should make excuses today. But they  refuse to present themselves to the public opinion. And that's an insult also to  Switzerland.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jean Ziegler, Swiss National deputy\u003cbr/\u003eThe banks have so far uncovered only a few million francs in unclaimed Jewish assets.\u003cbr/\u003eJewish organisations claim that, with interest and profits from gold dealings with the  Nazis, the amount owed by Switzerland is far higher.\u003cbr/\u003eGeneva, Switzerland - 24 June 1997 and archive and file\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of film prepared for conference  \u003cbr/\u003e2. Exterior of Hilton Hotel in Geneva\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thomas Borer, Head of Swiss Task Force\u003cbr/\u003e5. 1945 United News newsreel: Central Germany, troops of the Third Army uncover part       of Germany's gold reserve hidden in a salt mine - archive NATIONAL ARCHIVES\u003cbr/\u003e6. Pan across conference room \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre\u003cbr/\u003e8. Hier and Borer shaking hands\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot conference room\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway audience\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre\u003cbr/\u003e12. Man in audience asking question\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English)  Thomas Borer, Head of Swiss Task Force\u003cbr/\u003e14. Audience\u003cbr/\u003e15. Swiss National deputy Jean Ziegler talking to journalists\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jean Ziegler, Swiss National deputy\u003cbr/\u003e17. 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