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July l, 2010

EuropeanCenhal Bank
The GovemingCouncil
29
Kaisershasse
6031I FrankturtamMain
Germany

Re: VaticanMoney Launderingof Nazi Gold &

Useof Con€entrationCamp Victim Gold to Mint Vaticrn Euros

DearPresidentTrichet:

This is a communicationto the EuropeanCenhalBank by HolocdustSurvivo$

representedby this firm. The HolocaustSurvivorsrequestan investigationofthe
well foundedallegationsof moneylaunderingand retentionof SecondWorld War
eraconcentrationcamploot by the VaticanBank, a selfdesffibed organofthe The
Holy Seelocatedin Th€VaticanCity State.Additionally,theHolocaustSurvivors
requestan accountingofconc€ntrationcampandvictim gold in the possessionof
the VaticanBank and/orpresentin the Vatican City Stateor controlledby the
Holy Seethat may havebeenusedto mint VaticanEuro coinsor to provide
financingfor their minting.

The ECB hasjurisdiction ov€r this matterpursuantto Article 8 of TheMonetary

Agreementbetweenthe Ewopean {Jnionand The VaticanCity Stateand more
splcifically at Art. 8(l)(b). The EU-VaticanMonetaryAgr€ementAnnex firther
incorporatisby referenceDirective 2005/60/ECofthe EuropeanParliamentandof
the Councilof26 October2005on thepreventionofthe useofthe financial
systemfor the purposeofmoney launderingand terrorist financing' OJ L 309'
25.11.2005, p.l5 36, andamended by Directive2008/20lECofthe Erropean
Parliamentand ofthe Cormcil of l1 March 2008 on the prwention ofthe useof
the firancial systemfor the purposeofmoney launderingandterrorist fnancing,
asregardsthe implementingpowersconferredon the Commission' OJ L 76'
lg3r0l8, p. 4@7. Therefore,we believethat theseallegationsfall underthe
auspicesofthe ECB or an EU organizationdesignatedby the ECB.

We representHolocaustSurvivorsandorganizationsincluding Mileva Reljanovic'

a citizen of Sweden,and 25 otherindividualsrepresentingHolocaustSurvivors

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from th€ United States.Serbia and ukraine andThe IndependentCouncil of

SerbianRoma,The JasenoYac ResearchInstitute,The Republicof SerbianKrajina
in Exile, and threeother organizationswho were all plaintiffs in the lawsuit
Alperin v. VaticanBank.

In 1999,the VaticanBank's then president,Angelo Caloi4 was contactedby

HolocaustSurvivorsconcemingthe 1998United StatesStateDepartment
EizenstaVslanyReportentitled (lS. ConcernsAbout the Fate ofthe 'yartime
ustqshtzTreasurywhich concludedtherewas evidencepointing to Vatican
involvementin launderingconcenhationcamploot. The VaticanBank however
did not answerHolocaustsurvivorsand litigation in the United StatesDistrict
Court for the Northem District of Califomia ensued' The VaticanBank was
eventuallyfound by the court to be an organofThe Holy Seeand therefore
immuneftom lawsuit in the United Statesbecausetherewas no eiidence that the
Ustashagold conholled by the VaticanBank was still in the United States'This
finding was upheldby the Ninth Circuit Court ofAppeals in SanFranciscoand
becamefinal in March2010.

The VaticanBank neverdeniedthe chargesofmoney launderingor accountedfor

the conc€ntrationcampgold it was accusedof receiving' Plaintiffs produced
volumesofdeclassiheddocumentsandthe transcriptofthe four day depositionof
former US Army CounterIntelligenceSpecialAgent, William Gowen,who
investigatedthe UstashaTreasuryin Romeh 1946-1947araongother evidence'

N4r.Gowen,who residesin New York City, testifiedunderoaththat a l0 truck

convoyofvaluables including concentrationcampgold was receivedat the
VaticanBank in 1946.The value ofthis loot was estimatedto be worth $50
million by US TreasuryAgent EmersonBigelow who alsoreported
contemporaneously to his superiorsin Washingtonaboutth€ incident'

HolocaustSuwivors are concernedaboutthe following:

l. Gold VaticanEuro coinsmay containdentalandvictim gold from

concentrationcampvictims in former Yugoslavia.

2. Valuablesfrom the UstashaTreasuryor the proceedsofsame may havebeen

usedby the Vatican City Statethough accountsat the VaticanBank to pay for
minting of VaticanEwo denominatedcoins.

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3. The VaticanBank hasrefusedto cooperatein any investigationoflaundering

the UstashaTreasury,refusedto entera denialto the allegationsofmoney
launderingand choseinsteadto invoke sovereignimmunity in the United States
Courts.

The Vatican City Stateand the stateownedor operatedfrnancialinstitutions

thereinby enteringinto t!rc TheMonetaryAgreementbetweenthe EuroPean
Union aid The l/;tican city StatehavespecificallyplacedthemselvesunderECB
jurisdiction and havewaivedtheir sovereignimmunity in exchang€for the right to
coin Euro cunency.

HolocaustSurvivorsrequestthe ECB designatean investigatorycommitteeor

agencyto which HolocaustSurvivorsmay submitthefuevidenceand that the
VaticanBank and VaticanCity Statebe requiredto cooperatein the investigation'

Respecttu[ysubmined.
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