Swiss Banks Settlement: In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation

hide The Swiss Banks Holocaust Settlement claims program is now closed, and this website is no longer being updated. It remains online through the assistance of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This program was operated by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, beginning with the class action lawsuits filed in 1996 and completed with the last distributions to claimants in 2020. This website contains information about the Swiss Banks Holocaust litigation, settlement and distribution process, the Special Masters’ filings including the proposed Distribution Plan and the Final Report, as well as links to the Court’s decisions and other relevant filings and materials.




	Home Overview Deposited Assets Class Slave Labor Class I Slave Labor Class II Refugee Class Looted Assets Class Insurance Claims Chronology Archives Glossary Statistics Related Links		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 Holocaust Settlement have expired. The Swiss Banks Holocaust Settlement claims process has resulted in the payment of nearly $1.288 billion — an amount exceeding the $1.25 billion settlement fund — to over 458,400 Holocaust victims and their heirs in every U.S. state, and in more than 80 nations. The decisions returning Swiss bank accounts to their owners and heirs (“Deposited Assets Class” decisions), which were authorized by the Court, may be accessed here. For links to decisions relating to other class members (“Slave Labor Class I”, “Slave Labor Class II” and “Refugees”), please refer to the descriptions of each class, accessible through the index appearing to the left on this page. Special Master Judah Gribetz and Deputy Special Master Shari C. Reig have filed a final report describing the litigation, settlement and distribution process. Their Executive Summary of the Final Report can be accessed here. The Special Masters’ entire Final Report can be accessed here.
	© 2006-2007 Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation (Swiss Banks) CV-96-4849, last updated 4-14-2020