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This is the (partly) translation of an article which appeared in the
German weekly Magazine "DER SPIEGEL". This newspaper is really
independent and well known for the accuracy and correctness of their
investigations
Personal remark: Last year, a Bavarian politician had to publicly
present his apologies to Nachmann for the sentence: "Wherever there is
money, there are Jews". So, this scandal will give quite a decent push
to antisemitism in Southern Germany, I think.
Chris
The left hole
WERNER NACHMANN, THE LONGTIME CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GERMAN
JEWS, HAS MADE DISAPPEAR MILLIONS OF REPARATION PAYMENTS.
The "terrible message" reached Heinz Galinski, 75, the freshly elected
chairman, on Sunday evening after Easter. On the phone was Professor
Leo Rubinstein form the Superior Council of the Jews of Baden. He had
discovered dubious money transfers on accounts of the Jewish
communities. He reported of 9.48 Million Marks that where transferred
"strangely", out of which 5 Million marks had disappeared.
The man who had access to and all rights on these accounts died
in January: Werner Nachmann.
[...]
The public auditor, Eberhard Braun, soon discovered that an account of
the Jewish Council, on which the transfer of 22 M marks took place, had
served to diverge money into Nachmann's companies.
Galinski was shocked: "It can be 25, 33 or 40 Millions, nobody knows
exactly, up to now". What makes this criminal act a political affair,
is that the money comes from interest revenues of a 400 Million
reparation fund from the German government for the German Jews.
[...]
When he died, Nachmann was honoured in many speeches (amongst others
by Chancelor Kohl) as a "moral authority, a great German Patriot,
and a friend who represented a piece of common German-Jewish history".
[...]
Nachmann could cover his manipulations for years. Since 1980, the 400 M
from Bonn were transferred to the account in shares. Nachmann had plain
rights on the accounts, located in Germany and New York. Since 1980,
Nachmann falsified (probably several hundred) cheques of one of his
companies in the following way: he barred the account number of his
company and replaced it with the number of the Central Council. No bank
did consider this practice as being irregular.
[...]
Hundreds of thousands of Marks went to a Rothschild foundation and to a
Jewish High School in Karlsruhe, "who nobody knows", says Galinski,
"very dubious". Sometimes, the transfer orders were simply given by
phone, as a council member remembers.
[...]
Galinski believes that other persons had well known and/or profited
of Nachmanns manipulations.
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| The auditor tracked back the cash flow on the involved accounts,
and it is for sure, now, that Nachmann has transferred 22M Marks
into his 'own' pocket:
7M were transferred to his wife's boutique
The rest went to his (recently dissolved) companies in Germany
and France.
Chris
P.S.: Galinski decided to continue the investigations. A private
detective has been given the charter to 'sniff out'
the details. More when it comes in. Galinski thinks
that several 'Schwitzers' have taken profit of these
transfers, as well.
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