The Swiss Fund for Needy Victims of the Holocaust/Shoa was established in 1997 by the government of Switzerland to assist needy victims of the Nazi regime during the World War II.

"The Swiss Fund for Needy Victims of the Holocaust/Shoa is an example of tangible solidarity with victims, with the weak, the needy, and the disadvantaged. It emerged in the wake of the debate on dormant assets and the role of Switzerland in the Second World War that was revived in the second half of the 1990s
A substantial capital endowment was brought together by means of voluntary donations made not only by the Swiss National Bank and the two major Swiss commercial banks, but also by numerous corporations and private donors. The Fund capital was further increased thanks to accrued interests and distributed in the course of these last years to a large number of persons throughout the world.”
Kaspar Villiger, President of the Swiss Confederation