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Portugal linked to nazi-gold scandal

By Liz Fekete

1 March 1997

The Bank of Portugal are investigating allegations that between 1943 and 1944 Portugal was the second biggest recipient, after Switzerland, of gold - including bullion bars, trinkets from jewellers shops and gold from the teeth of those who died in the death-camps - looted during Nazi conquests.

After the release of documents by a US Senate banking committee, the Bank of Portugal has confirmed that an economic historian is investigating the archives.

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