CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT

Full Committee Hearing on the Disposition of Assets Deposited in Swiss Banks by Nazi Victims
December 11, 1996

Committee Members In Attendance:
• James A. Leach, Chairman (R-IA)
• Rick Lazio (R-NY)
• Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
• Michael Castle (R-DE)
• Jon Fox (R-PA)
• John J. LaFalce (R-NY)
• Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX)
• Opening Statement of Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA)
• Barney Frank (D-MA)
• Not Present: Statement of Carolyn B. Maloney (NY)

Witnessess:
• The Honorable Alfonse M. D'Amato, Senator, New York
• The Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat, U.S. Special Envoy for Property Claims & Undersecretary of Commerce
• Opening Remarks of Ambassador Thomas Borer, Head of the Swiss Task Force on the Assets of Nazi Victims
• Ms. Alice Fisher, Teacher, New York, NY, Claimant
• Ms. Vera Katz, Brooklyn, NY, Claimant
• Mr. Paul Volcker, Chairman, Independent Commission of Eminent Persons
• Testimony of Mr. Edgar Bronfman, President, World Jewish Congress; President, World Jewish Restitution Organization
• Mr. Georg Krayer, Chairman, Swiss Bankers Association
• Dr. Rolf Bloch, President, Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities
• Dr. Arthur Smith, Historian, UCLA (ret.); Author: Hitler's Gold
• Dr. Jacques Picard, Professor, Swiss College of Technology, Bienne; Author: Switzerland and the Jews, 1933-45
• Dr. James Hutson, Historian, Library of Congress