An Australian lawyer said he successfully settled a claim for a Holocaust-era deposit held in a dormant Swiss bank account. Henry Burstyner reached a confidential settlement — believed to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars — for a Melbourne client and his sisters in Europe and South America.
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