Switzerland National Socialism And The Second World War

Author : Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz--Zweiter Weltkrieg
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Switzerland, National Socialism, and the Second World War written by Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz--Zweiter Weltkrieg and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this situation, at the end of 1996 the Swiss Parliament and Government set up an internationally composed Independent Commission of Experts whose five-year assignment was to investigate these allegations in their historical and legal context. Thanks to the unique privilege of assess to archives, it was possible for the first time to overcome the obstacle of Swiss banking secrecy - believed insurmountable until then - and to extend the research to the archives of banks and other companies.

Author : Stephen Halbrook
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612000290
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swiss and the Nazis written by Stephen Halbrook and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2006-05-19 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author of Target Switzerland uses “a wide breadth of research to attempt to answer why Switzerland escaped the Nazi onslaught” (Daly History Blog). While surrounded by the Axis powers in World War II, Switzerland remained democratic and, unlike most of Europe, never succumbed to the siren songs and threats of the Nazi goliath. This book tells the story with emphasis on two voices rarely heard. One voice is that of scores of Swiss who lived in those dark years, told through oral history. They mobilized to defend the country, labored on the farms, and helped refugees. The other voice is that of Nazi Intelligence, those who spied on the Swiss and planned subversion and invasion. Exhaustive documents from the German military archives reveals a chilling rendition of attack plans which would be dissuaded in part by Switzerland’s armed populace and Alpine defenses. Laced with unique maps and photos, the book reveals how the Swiss mobilized an active “spiritual defense” of their country—including the use of the press and cabaret as weapons against totalitarianism—and explores the role of women in the military and economy, the role of Jewish officers in the highest levels of the Swiss army, and the role of Switzerland itself as America’s window on the Reich. “Halbrook succeeds not only in achieving a thorough analysis of Switzerland’s armed neutrality, but also in revealing through their own voices the willingness of ordinary citizens to accept total war in order to preserve their freedom.”—Swiss American Historical Society Review

Author : Angelo M. Codevilla
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621571289
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between the Alps and a Hard Place written by Angelo M. Codevilla and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Between the Alps and a Hard Place, Professor Angelo M. Codevilla reveals how the true history of the Swiss in World War II has been buried beneath a modern campaign of moral blackmail that has accused Switzerland of secretly supporting Nazi Germany and sharing culpability for the Holocaust.

Author : Stephen P. Halbrook
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786751185
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Target Switzerland written by Stephen P. Halbrook and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and enlightening explanation of the dilemma Switzerland found itself in during the 1930's and 1940's. --Publishers Weekly

Author : Stephen P. Halbrook
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786751185
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Target Switzerland written by Stephen P. Halbrook and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countless books have been written on the military history of World War II, however astonishingly little information has appeared about the one country that stared the Nazis down and refused to become an accomplice to the horrors of the Third Reich. This book provides an objective, year-by-year account of Switzerland's military role in World War II, including her defensive strategies, details of Nazi invasion plans, and Switzerland's moral, material and humanitarian links to the Allies. Swiss neutrality in World War II has been criticized in recent years, but the country was entirely surrounded by Axis powers and managed, as revealed here, to render considerable assistance to the Allies.

Author : Martin R. Gutmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316608948
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building a Nazi Europe written by Martin R. Gutmann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling account of the men who worked and fought for Nazi terror organization, the SS, during the Second World War.

Author : Georg Kreis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136756701
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Switzerland and the Second World War written by Georg Kreis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays sheds light on the history of Switzerland during World War II, covering such topics as: trade; financial relations; gold; refugees; defence; and foreign relations. It also touches on official post-war measures to suppress Switzerland's involvement in the war.

Author : Tom Bower
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504043243
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nazi Gold written by Tom Bower and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “compelling [and] carefully researched” account of greed, duplicity, and an unholy partnership between Switzerland and the Third Reich (The Washington Times). In the third and fourth decades of the twentieth century, the European continent fell, nation by nation, to Nazi Germany’s invincible war machine. But Switzerland remained neutral during World War II, taking no side and bowing to no master. For a long time after, that was the accepted history—but it was a lie. Respected British investigative journalist Tom Bower reveals the shocking truth about how the government of Switzerland and the Swiss banking industry knowingly collaborated with the Reich during the darkest era in modern history. With the knowledge and acquiescence of the Swiss government, hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from Jewish Holocaust victims—including gold teeth extracted from the mouths of those murdered—were systematically hidden away in Swiss bank accounts. But these crimes did not end with the defeat of Hitler. For the next half century, Swiss authorities engaged in a covert campaign of lies, subterfuge, and corruption to hide the wealth from its rightful owners—concentration camp survivors and the families of the slain—while freely dispensing the illegally obtained funds to fugitive Nazis. Written by “one of the finest investigative journalists in the English-speaking world,” Nazi Gold is an explosive true account of state-endorsed crimes and atrocities; of former victims fighting courageously for their due in the face of prejudice, hatred, and indifference; and of the dedicated US Treasury agents who worked tirelessly for decades to right an unconscionable wrong (The Washington Times).

Author : Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz--Zweiter Weltkrieg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Switzerland and Refugees in the Nazi Era written by Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz--Zweiter Weltkrieg and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "English version has been translated from German and French original text.".

Author : Sue Saffle
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782386599
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To the Bomb and Back written by Sue Saffle and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1939 and 1945, some 80,000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden, Denmark, and elsewhere, ostensibly to protect them from danger while their nation’s soldiers fought superior Soviet and German forces. This was the largest of all of World War II children’s transports, and although acknowledged today as “a great social-historical mistake,” it has received surprisingly little attention. This is the first English-language account of Finland’s war children and their experiences, told through the survivors’ own words. Supported by an extensive introduction, a bibliography of secondary sources, and over two dozen photographs, this book testifies to the often-lifelong traumas endured by youthful survivors of war.