Banking with Hitler

Swiss banks stand accused of collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. At the time, US Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau suspected as much, and began investigating this collaboration. He found the Swiss were not alone. His archives reveal that both British and American bankers continued to do business with Hitler, even as Germany was invading Europe and bombing London. This investigative film shows in detail the roles played by the Anglo-German banking clique. Key members of the Bank of England together with their German counterparts established the BIS, the Bank for International Settlement, which laundered the plundered gold of Europe. On its board were key Nazis such as Walther Funk and Hjalamar Schact. The president of BIS was an American, Thomas McKittrick, who readily socialized with leading Nazis.