A Private Bill Initiative for Michel Christophe Meili: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 768, a Bill for the Relief of Michel Christophe Meili, Mirjam Naomi Meili, and Davide Meili, May 20, 1997, Volume 4 |
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Page 2 - US SENATE, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:11 am, in room SD-226, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Orrin G. Hatch (chairman of the committee) presiding. Also present: Senators Grassley, Specter, Kyi, Simon, Feinstein, Feingold, and Moseley-Braun [ex officio], OPENING STATEMENT OF HON.
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Page 7 - Christophe and his family have been persecuted for his noble deed, it is a disgrace that the bank's archivist who ordered the shredding at UBS, Erwin Haggenmuller, still has his job.
Page 7 - Swiss police. He has faced persecution and penalties for a deed that ennobles him in the eyes of the world. It is unconscionable that this could happen.
Page 9 - I therefore knew that I had to do something, that I could not just turn my head and look the other way.
Page 14 - I can and want to say ana much more evidence to provide to help in the search for truth about Switzerland's role in the Holocaust and the Banks' actions over the last 60 years, and the Banks and the Governments actions today.
Page 7 - We are in the presence of a very good man, a man who has made a difference and will be remembered for generations to come.
Page 7 - His actions in preventing the destruction of evidence are courageous and serve the cause of justice for the victims and survivors of the Holocaust and their families. It is a stain upon the victims' memory that a young man who saved records to help their cause is now being made a victim.
Page 16 - For the relief of Michel Christopher Meili, Giuseppina Meili, Mirjam Naomi Meili, and Davide Meili.
Page 7 - Meili was fired. And now, they are threatening him with prosecution. The people deserve better.