Germany's confiscation of Jewish property and wealth. The bank helped to finance concentration camps, including Auschwitz. The bank was closely involved in the occupation of Europe, "essentially acting as the bank of the SS in Poland". Gazprom Dresdner Bank attempted to get a banking operating license in Saint Petersburg, where former KGB agent Vladimir Putin was in charge of foreign economic relations. Dresdner Bank appointed Matthias Warnig, a former Stasi agent and Vladimir Putin's former KGB contact, to negotiate with Putin. The office was opened in 1991. Warnig became chairman of the board of directors of Dresdner Bank ZAO, Dresdner Bank Russian subsidiary. The bank has had a lucrative business relationship with Gazprom and the state oil company Rosneft. The bank advised on the forced sale of Yukos assets. 2008 Dividend stripping In 2017, Frankfurt prosecutors, together with federal crime police and tax officials, conducted searches of Commerzbank offices as well as the flats of three suspects in Frankfurt and nearby Hanau about a "tax evasion probe in which several current and former managers are suspected of evading 40 million euros ($47 million) in taxes via dividend stripping, also known as "cum-ex" transactions". The investigation also extends to trades in 2008 at Dresdner Bank, which was taken over by Commerzbank in 2009. Notes References External links History - Timeline Allianz Group corporate website Dresdner Kleinwort Dresdner-Cetelem Yahoo! - Dresdner Bank AG Company Profile Commerzbank Allianz Defunct banks of Germany Banks established in 1872 Banks disestablished in 2009 2009 mergers and acquisitions German brands Companies involved in the Holocaust Companies formerly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange German companies disestablished in 2009 German companies established in 1872 fi:Dresdner Bank