Nazi Gold Conference

HC Deb 30 June 1998 vol 315 c162W

Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to follow up the Nazi Gold Conference of 1997. [48208]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The Government have contributed £1 million to the International Fund for Needy Victims of Nazi Persecution. We have discussed how the money should be spent with concerned NGOs and envisage that the first payments will be made shortly. FCO officials contributed to the Stockholm seminar on Holocaust Education on 7 May 1998, and on 30 June 1998 officials are attending the Organising Seminar for the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets, scheduled for later this year. FCO officials are also taking forward proposals for an international guide to archival sources on Holocaust-era assets.