Did a bank in WWII freeze Jewish accounts in Paris?

Chase Manhattan Corp. is investigating accusations that it froze accounts of Jewish clients in Paris during the Nazi occupation, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Chase Manhattan said it was examining whether its Paris office had been "overly cooperative in providing banking services to Germany during the Occupation" and whether assets seized by the Nazis and Vichy French regimes were ever returned.The accounts reportedly were frozen before the Nazis had given formal orders to do so.