Reports Cite Influx of Gold From Nazis

Newly examined documents show that Sweden received far more gold from Nazi Germany than was previously known and appeared unconcerned that the gold might have been looted, Swedish media reported. After World War II, Sweden examined gold that it had received from the Nazis in payment for exports. It returned about 14 tons to Belgium and the Netherlands. But a new investigation shows that Sweden received about 38 tons of gold from the Nazis, according to a report on Swedish radio and in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper. The report cited documents in Swedish, Swiss and U.S. archives. The report was separate from an investigation launched in late December by Sweden’s central bank to see if any looted Nazi gold remains in the bank’s reserves.