azis paid their debt with looted gold form occupied countries. The Portuguese were also warned by the United States to not traded with the Nazis. Even after signing a trade agreement with the Allies stating that trade with Nazis would stop; the trade continued. Poland also got in on the act. When Poland became occupied, all the property that was owned by Jews were turned over to the Nazis. After the war had ended the property was then handed over the Polish government. The Polish government never turned over the property to the rightful owners. These countries had a major hand in carrying out looting and stealing of property from the Jewish people by helping the Nazis.After the fact of the war the Jewish people tried to turn in insurance policies for murder victims of the holocaust. These survivors were asked for death certificates. Most of the survivors did not even have the policy let only the death certificate. The Nazis did not sign out death certificates to Jews that they killed in camp. Doing so would create a list of sorts by which the Nazis could be in trouble for. These insurance companies were at the heart of the scam also. Money that was being paid by the Jews for their policies was then being turned over to the Germans to fund their military campaign. Without even knowing it the Jews were funding the concentration camps and eventually their own death (Bower 276). Even in cases were survivors did have the policies in writing to receive the money they were still denied. Socrates Folkas tried to cash in on a $4,000 life insurance policy to Victoria zu Berlin; he was told the policy did not exist even though the policy was in his hand. These acts are deliberate and a major reason why Holocaust survivors deserve their property back.Throughout the world laws are being made and court cases are being held to help return much of the loot and money from the Jewish people. Cases have already been settled to help set a...
