a nice partial recounting of Swiss "neutrality" in WWII
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/34950/format/html/displaystory.html
The Swiss have always had an easy run of it. I always believe we should have invaded in the Summer of '45 and cleaned out that nest of parasites, (for all the talk of an armed citizenry and vast "mountain fortresses", Switzerland's military situation was and is laughable). What the author does not recount is the still semi-secret history of Swiss POW camps where Allied prisoners were tortured. Nor is there any recounting of the many Swiss allowed to volunteer in the nazi military machine. One of the continuing and most nauseating myths of the War is about the so-called "neurtral" countries. Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal - they were all pro-nazi, they all actively helped Germany and they all lie like rugs about it.
The Swiss have always had an easy run of it. I always believe we should have invaded in the Summer of '45 and cleaned out that nest of parasites, (for all the talk of an armed citizenry and vast "mountain fortresses", Switzerland's military situation was and is laughable). What the author does not recount is the still semi-secret history of Swiss POW camps where Allied prisoners were tortured. Nor is there any recounting of the many Swiss allowed to volunteer in the nazi military machine. One of the continuing and most nauseating myths of the War is about the so-called "neurtral" countries. Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal - they were all pro-nazi, they all actively helped Germany and they all lie like rugs about it.
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