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The chairman of the Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland-Second World War ICE, Swiss historian Jean-Francois Bergier, center, comments on the publication of the first 8 studies of the ICE's final report, Thursday, August 30, 2001 in Bern, Switzerland. Bergier is sided by members of the Commission, from right, Jacques Picard, Harold James, and from left, Daniel Thuerer, Jakob Tanner, Saul Friedlaender and secretary general Myrtha Welti. Since December 1996, the ICE has studied the behavior of the Swiss government and society during World War II. (KEYSTONE/Alessandro della Valle) ===ELECTRONIC IMAGE===