This is the official website of the Swiss Banks Settlement: In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation.

Please note that all deadlines to file claims relating to the Swiss Banks Settlement have expired.

 

NEW

Updated April 14, 2009

CRT Special Master Helen Junz has filed a response to the objections to her recommendation concerning the presumptive values currently in use in the Deposited Assets Class claims process. Dr. Junz' response, dated March 31, 2009; an April 3, 2009 letter to the Court from CRT Special Master Michael Bradfield (former Volcker Committee counsel) in support of Dr. Junz' recommendations; an April 8, 2009 letter to the Court from CRT Secretaries General Mary Carter and Dov Rubinstein; and a supplemental contextual analysis of these documents by Special Master Judah Gribetz and Deputy Special Master Shari C. Reig, is available here. See "CRT Special Master Junz' Proposal for Adjustment of Deposited Assets Class Presumptive Values: Supplemental Contextual Analysis," April 9, 2009.

Updated February 25, 2009

The Holocaust Survivors Foundation-USA, Inc. has filed a "U.S. Survivors' Submission in Response to Court's January 14, 2009 Order." The submission can be accessed here.

Updated February 18, 2009

The State of Israel has filed a notice of motion and supporting documents in opposition to Special Master Junz' presumptive value recommendations. The submission can be accessed here.

Updated January 16, 2009

Judge Korman has signed an order of January 14, 2009 relating to CRT Special Master Helen Junz's October 10, 2008 recommendation for adjustment of Deposited Assets Class presumptive values. The order can be accessed here.

Updated December 22, 2008

CRT Special Master Helen Junz has filed her final report analyzing the presumptive values currently in use in the Deposited Assets Class claims process. Dr. Junz' final report, dated October 10, 2008; her three earlier analyses (dated, respectively, March 21, 2006, May 14, 2007 and July 15, 2007); a December 1, 2008 letter to the Court from the auditor who led the investigation of Holocaust-era Swiss accounts on behalf of the Volcker Committee; and a description of these documents by Special Master Judah Gribetz and Deputy Special Master Shari C. Reig, is available here. See "CRT Special Master Junz' Proposal for Adjustment of Deposited Assets Class Presumptive Values in the Context of the Settlement Agreement and the Distribution Plan," December 19, 2008.

 

Important Information Regarding Email Hoax:

May 7, 2007

An email is being circulated by one or more persons purporting to sign the name "Judah Gribetz, Special Master." The email advises the recipient that "your name and family name was on the list of 7,000 names of persons who had been nominated as the heirs to receive the holocaust victims' unclaimed deposit of USD: 15,000,000.00 made to Credit Suisse and Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) during the holocaust era by your relations." The email further states: "You are advised to contact the appointed bank (Bank Of China London) for immediate accreditation and payment. Your assigned payment officer is Dr. Morris Massey. Contact him now via email: ippu@e-bankofchina.com Tel:+448717206026."

THIS EMAIL IS A HOAX.

Please be aware that the Court, the Special Masters and the CRT maintain claimant confidentiality and do not release any information about claimants to unauthorized parties. Neither the Court, the Special Masters nor the CRT have ever communicated with a "Bank of China London" or a "Dr. Morris Massey" in connection with the Swiss Banks Holocaust Settlement. To the extent that claimants to Swiss bank accounts are determined to be eligible for payment from the Settlement Fund, notification of such awards will be made through Court-approved processes: the CRT in Zurich or the Swiss Banks Deposited Assets Program in New York. For more information regarding the claims resolution process, you are encouraged to review the information on this website or to write to questions@crt.ch.