Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
35,1 (2021) 25-43
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Rescue
;
World War, 1939-1945 Deportations from France
;
Jews, Swiss Violence against
;
Diplomatic and consular service, Swiss History 20th century
Abstract:
Hundreds of Swiss Jews were living in France when Germany attacked and conquered it in mid-1940. Antisemitic laws came into force soon thereafter. One question was whether these measures would apply to citizens of a neutral state. German and French authorities applied such laws, for instance, interning approximately sixty Swiss Jews in the Northern Zone. The present study focuses on the arrests, internments, and occasional deportations of Swiss Jews living in France, and the often feeble efforts of Swiss diplomats and other authorities to extricate them. The haunting question remains how much more could have been done.
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