The Swiss Bank Account That Refused to Disappear — Until Justice Was Done

Between the two world wars, hundreds of thousands of individuals from across Europe entrusted their savings to Swiss banks, hoping their wealth would remain safe from war, persecution, and instability.

For many Jewish families, that hope was tragically cut short. As the Holocaust swept through Europe, account holders perished, and some Swiss banks quietly erased records, and ownership rights. The world learned the truth decades later, leading to the creation of the Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT) — an effort to return unclaimed Holocaust-era assets to rightful heirs.

But what happens when you’re too late?

That’s exactly what happened to one of our clients — a U.S. citizen with European Jewish roots — who contacted MyWebridge long after the CRT had closed its doors. She had only one vague piece of information: a family story that someone, long ago, had opened a Swiss bank account.

No name. No bank. No dates. Most would have given up. But our team didn’t.

We began by conducting in-depth genealogical research to identify possible account holders within the family. The investigation led us through Swiss archives, European municipal records, and family documents scattered across borders. Eventually, we found her. A sister of the client’s great-grandmother had traveled to Switzerland in the 1930s — multiple times — and opened an account at Zürcher Kantonalbank.

With that discovery, we reconstructed the family tree, documented inheritance links, and submitted a detailed claim to the bank.

MyWebridge specialists presented legal and historical evidence, and proved that the rightful heir — our client — was still entitled to the funds. We even managed to get the interest paid to the heir.

In the end, justice prevailed.

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