SwitzerlandHistoire suisse 32 · Swiss history
How is Switzerland's policy towards refugees during the Second World War judged today?
In the exam (French)
Comment juge-t-on aujourd'hui la politique de la Suisse envers les réfugiés pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale ?
- aPositively: Switzerland took in every refugee who came to the border.Positivement : la Suisse a accueilli tous les réfugiés qui arrivaient à la frontière.
- bNot at all: no refugees came to the Swiss border at that time.Pas du tout : aucun réfugié n'est arrivé à la frontière suisse à cette époque.
- cNeutrally: at that time, Switzerland did not share a border with Germany.De façon neutre : à cette époque, la Suisse n'avait pas de frontière avec l'Allemagne.
- dCritically: many Jewish refugees were turned away at the border.De façon critique : beaucoup de réfugiés juifs ont été refoulés à la frontière.Correct answer
Why?
Switzerland did take in many refugees during the war, but in 1942 it closed its border to people who were persecuted only because of their origin. Thousands of Jewish refugees were turned away. A commission of experts (the Bergier Commission, commission Bergier) studied this period.
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