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PLUNDER DETAILS
BRING DENIALS
LONDON, Thursday.
The detailed allegations by American news-
paper correspondent Hubert R. Knickerbocker
of Nazi leaders' fortune-making have caused a
stir in German Press circles.
In Berlin today Foreign Press Department
chief Boehmer appealed to foreign Press repre-
sentatives to help disprove Knickerbocker's
charges.
He offered to indemnify them "expenses" in-
curred.
German officials in neutral countries have
been ordered to obtain certified statements from
foreign notaries.
Meanwhile, the Berlin newsagency announces
the formation of a committee of foreign journal-
ists, including correspondents of papers in all
neutral countries, to examine the "Knicker-
bocker affair."
Protecting Themselves
Knickerbocker's principal allegations are that
Nazi leaders have made gigantic investments and
deposited huge sums abroad to protect them-
selves against a German collapse.
He named five prominent Nazis — loudspeaker
Goebbels, Field-Marshal Goering, Police Chief
Himmlcr, Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and
Deputy - Nazi leader Hess.
Their total fortunes abroad, according to his
details, are over 6,000,000 dollars, 2,500,000 belgas,
£200,000.
This money is in safe deposits or invested in
America, Finland, Switzerland, Holland, the
Near East, Brazil, Sweden, Japan, Italy, France
and elsewhere.
In addition, many of those named have in-
sured their lives for colossal sums abroad.
Knickerbocker, who was challenged by Goeb-
bels to produce this evidence, says he is "glad to
publish these details at Dr. Goebbels' request."
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