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nazi gold
Title: nazi gold
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 664 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
nazi gold
The Story Behind the Nazi Gold Nazi Gold: Hard currency
looted from treasuries of countries occupied by the Axis
powers during World War II. Ingots consisting of gold
melted down from the teeth of murder victims and
weddings bands and jewelry. About two thirds of an
estimated 0 million (.8 billion in today's dollars) in
stolen Nazi gold passed through Switzerland during the
war. And like any sharp businessmen with hot goods, the
Swiss disposed of much …showed first 75 words of 664 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 664 total…for survival's sake, but their critics assert that it was
Wieckowski 3 done of opportunism and amorality and
should be paid for in both moral and financial terms
(Cowell). During WWII, the German threat to Switzerland
was real, not imaginary or exaggerated. After the collapse
of France in 1940, historically neutral Switzerland was
virtually surrounded by axis-dominated territory. After the
Germans occupied Vichy, France in the fall of 1942,
Switzerland was entirely cut off from the outside world.
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