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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank#World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank#World_War_... During world war II the swiss na
by MichaelMoser123 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank#World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank#World_War_...
During world war II the swiss national bank took all of the gold looted by the nazis - these were astronomical sums, it's really a shameful chapter of their history which is not widely known.
In addition to turning back Jewish refugees at the border. Also the swiss government even requested the nazis to mark the passports of Jews, so that they could be better turned down at the border.
https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/microsoft%20word%20-%206062.pdf https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/microsoft%20word%20-%2060...
Also there was a big court case during the nineties, because credit suisse withheld the money of holocaust victims, while at the same time former nazi officials had no problems with their accounts - all at the same bank.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Jewish_Congress_lawsuit_against_Swiss_banks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Jewish_Congress_lawsuit_...
https://www.ft.com/content/f80088e4-5f0d-11ea-8033-fa40a0d65a98 https://www.ft.com/content/f80088e4-5f0d-11ea-8033-fa40a0d65...
- david927 4y agoI don't want to interrupt your strange missive against the Swiss but they took Jewish refugees during WWII and it provoked Germany. Hitler called Switzerland "the mortal enemy of the Third Reich" and while, yes, their banks took their money, so did US banks like Chase.
- MichaelMoser123 4y ago> yes, their banks took their money, so did US banks like Chase Well, it's a question of scale: swiss banks took in hundreds of billions of swiss francs out of the loot - that must be an astronomical figure, in today's money. But even that has apparently been squandered by the super competent swiss bankers...