SwitzerlandSchweizer Geschichte 32 · Swiss history
How is Switzerland's refugee policy during the Second World War judged today?
In the exam (German)
Wie beurteilt man heute die Flüchtlingspolitik der Schweiz während des Zweiten Weltkriegs?
- aNot at all: no refugees came to the Swiss border at that time.Gar nicht: Es kamen damals keine Flüchtlinge an die Schweizer Grenze.
- bPositively: Switzerland took in all refugees who came to the border.Positiv: Die Schweiz nahm alle Flüchtlinge auf, die an die Grenze kamen.
- cCritically: many Jewish refugees were turned away at the border.Kritisch: Viele jüdische Flüchtlinge wurden an der Grenze abgewiesen.Correct answer
- dNeutrally: at that time Switzerland had no border with Germany.Neutral: Die Schweiz hatte in dieser Zeit keine Grenze zu Deutschland.
Why?
During the Second World War Switzerland did take in many refugees, but in 1942 it closed the border to people who were persecuted only because of their origin. Thousands of Jewish refugees were turned back. A commission of experts (the Bergier Commission) has studied this.
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