He gave some of the documents to a Zurich Jewish organization, which later turned them over to police.
His action caused a storm of controversy. Meili was fired. He and his family fled to the United States after receiving hate mail and death threats.
Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, Meili said he saved the bank records just weeks after he had seen Steven Spielberg’s film, “Schindler’s List.”
President Clinton signed into law a bill, unanimously adopted by both houses of Congress, granting permanent U.S. resident status to the Meili family.
He will attend Chapman University in Orange in the fall.
The Saals will be honored for their many years of involvement in philanthropy and community affairs, including the Jewish Community Federation Endowment Fund, Stanford Hillel and Ben-Gurion University .
Carol Saal was campaign chair of Jewish Community Federation and currently is one of its vice presidents. Harry Saal is chairman of the board of Imaging Technologies Corp. and Community Foundation Silicon Valley. He is a director of Inprise Corp. and Smart Valley Inc.
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