1942 October 20 Trading with the Enemy Act Enforced
Who: Prescott Bush
What: US government seizes US $2 million from Prescott Bush.
Where: USA
Why: Under the Trading with the Enemy Act, the United States government seized Prescott Bush’s assets from business dealings profiting from Jewish slave labor along side Nazi investors and banks.
Note: Due to political connections, all of the assets seized under the ‘Trading with the Enemy Act’ were returned to Prescott Bush following the end of World War II.
