Auction house Christie's denies reports it covered up the Nazi past of a painting it offered for sale.

Friday, 24 October, 2003, 13:58 GMT 14:58 UK

Company names appearing in this article are:

• Christie's (UK)

Auction house could face legal action from family of original Jewish owners who died in Auschwitz. Nils Pratley on the trail of a work of art sold in Berlin in 1937

Friday October 24, 2003

The Guardian

Company names appearing in this article are:

• Christie's (UK)
• Gerhard Harms

Nazi auctions: Historical interest or dudious trade?

Friday, 11 August, 2000, 14:40 GMT 15:40 UK

Company names appearing in this article are:

• Christie's (UK)
• eBay, Inc.
• Yahoo! Inc.

Hardcover, 294 pages

Pub. Date: Jun 1999, Publisher: Transaction Pub

ISBN: 1560004266

One of the world's biggest banks, UBS, admits for the first time that it exploited Nazi slave labourers from Auschwitz during World War II. It is the first time the bank, which prevented Holocaust survivors and their families from retrieving their wartime assets, has admitted exploiting slave labour.

Monday, 7 August, 2000

Company names appearing in this article are:

• UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland)
• Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland)
• Nestlé S.A. (Nestle) (Switzerland)
• Roche Holding AG now known as Roche Group (Switzerland)
• Novartis AG (Switzerland)