Letters.'s file / תיק – מכתבים.

These sources present Detailed documentation of inactive bank accounts in Swedish financial institutions, as originally published in the newspaper Swedish Newspaper In 1998. The list includes Account holders' names, their countries of origin and the specific banks where their money was deposited. An accompanying letter clarifies that the names on the list are not limited to the Jewish community, but include A wide range of foreign nationals and common Swedish names. In addition, the sources provide Translation of country names from Swedish to English to facilitate identification of the geographical origin of the depositors. These documents serve as a search aid for Dormant assets from various historical periods in the twentieth century.

The documents before us reveal details about Dormant bank accounts in Sweden belonging to individuals and organizations from various countries, discovered and published in the late 1990s (H80-1f, H80-2f). The sources include an explanatory letter accompanying the lists and a comprehensive press report detailing hundreds of names of account holders (H80-1f, H80-2f).

Key individuals and entities

According to the lists appearing in the sources, the account holders and stakeholders can be divided into potential victims (or their heirs) and entities associated with the Nazi regime:

Victims and private account holders:

• Aronstams, Jazeps: Account holder from Latvia (H80-2f).
• Averbuchs, Girss & Leibs: Account holders from Latvia (H80-2f).
• Berkowitz, Etel: Account holder from the US (H80-2f).
• In Bezprosvanny, Haim: Account holder from Estonia (H80-2f).
• Braschinsky, Dora: Account holder from Estonia (H80-2f).
• Friedman, Feiga: Account holder from Latvia (H80-2f).
• Rabinowitz, S.: An account holder whose details appear on the list (H80-2f).
• Silberberg, Magda: Account holder from Estonia (H80-2f).

Entities associated with the Nazi regime and the German government:

• German legation in Gothenburg: A German diplomatic corps that held an account in Sweden (H80-1f, H80-2f).
• German Consulate in Gothenburg (Deutsches Konsulat Göteb): Appears on the list of dormant account holders (H80-2f).
• Sudetenland Regional Economic Chamber (Gauwirtschaftskammer Sundeltland): A Nazi economic organization from the annexed area of ​​Czechoslovakia that held an account (H80-2f).

Expansion of important sources

H80-1f: Explanatory letter from the historical archive This source is a letter sent on March 6, 1998 from Arboga by a man named Torkjörn. The letter is Key to understanding the lists; he clarifies that despite the expectation of finding only Jewish names, the list includes names from many countries written in Swedish (H80-1f). The writer of the letter notes that about a quarter of the names on the list are common Swedish names, and offers help in translating the names from Swedish to English (H80-1f).

H80-2f: List of account holders in "Svenska Dagblad" this is Core document Spanning 13 pages, published in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on 4 March 1998 (H80-2f). The document presents a detailed alphabetical list of "Holders of dormant accounts in Swedish banks" (Innehavare av orörda konton i svenska banker) (H80-2f). The list includes three pages of data for each item: Owner's name, country and bank Where the money was deposited (e.g. SEB, SHB, or Sveriges Riksbank) (H80-2f). The importance of the source is in the historical documentation of assets that have remained unclaimed since the period of World War II, including private individuals as well as commercial companies and government institutions (H80-2f).

List of sources

• H80-1f : Letter from the Historical Archives (March 1998) explaining the background and composition of the list of bank accounts in Sweden.
• H80-2f : A detailed 13-page list from the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet that includes hundreds of names of dormant account holders in Swedish banks.

 

H80-1f

H80-2f

 

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