The complexity and the emotionality of the Holocaust debate, in which Switzerland and swiss banks were caught off guard in the eye of the “hurricane” of the United State multi- pronged efforts to internationalise the issue, merits an introduction. The ensuing texts 2.44 to 2.49. form a “case” study.
Category Archives: i) Neutrality, Morality and the Holocaust – «case» study
2.44 Das Washingtoner Abkommen von 1946
Daniel Frei, Das Washingtoner Abkommen von 1946: Ein Beitrag der schweizerischen Aussenpolitik zwischen dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und dem Kalten Krieg, in Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Band 19 (1969), Heft 3, p. 567 – 619, link: http://retro.seals.ch/-ope-nurl?rft.issn=00367834&rft.date=1969&lPage=567&PDFRequested=true
2.45 Neutrality and Morality; Developments in Switzerland and in the International Community
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2.46 Switzerland, International Law and World War II
Detlev Vagts, Editorial Comment, Switzerland, International Law and World War II in American Journal of International Law, 1997, S. 466-475
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2.47 Forward; Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Forward; Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Special Envoy of the Department of State on Property Restitution in Central and Eastern Europe, U.S. and Allied Efforts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II, Prepared by William Slany, The Historian, Department of State with the Participation of various Departments and Federal Agencies, May 1997, p. III – XII
2.48 Mit Prozessieren den Holocaust bewältigen? Die Rolle des Zivilrechts und Zivilprozesses beim Versuch der Wiedergutmachung internationaler Katastrophen
2.49 Verweigerte Erinnerung, Nachrichtenlose Vermögen und die Schweizer Weltkriegsdebatte 1989-2004
Thomas Maissen, V Worum ging es?, excerpt from Verweigerte Erinnerung, Nachrichtenlose Vermögen und die Schweizer Weltkriegsdebatte 1989-2004, p. 645 – 662