A presidential advisory commission set up to investigate Holocaust-era assets in the United States has opened its offices and hired staff. Kenneth Klothen, an international human rights consultant and the outgoing general counsel for AmeriCorps, will serve as the commission’s executive director. The 20-member commission, chaired by World Jewish Congress President Edgar Bronfman, has approved a plan to search for gold, art, cultural property and other assets that were turned over to state governments after World War II.
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