The Long Shadow of Fascism

The Untold Story of Switzerland in World War II

von Sabine Oishi

116 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Neutral in name. Complicit in practice. The truth Switzerland buried.You know Switzerland as a beacon of neutrality, humanitarianism, and stability. You may even admire its wartime resilience, its tradition of sheltering refugees, its founding of the Red Cross. But what if everything you thought you knew concealed a far darker reality? What if Swiss banks hoarded assets stolen from Holocaust victims, Swiss subsidiaries exploited forced and slave labor, and Swiss officials turned Jewish refugees back to face certain death?The Long Shadow of Fascism: The Untold Story of Switzerland in World War II shatters the mythology. Historian Sabine Oishi, who lived through the war as the child of a Swiss journalist and a German Jewish mother, weaves meticulous research with deeply personal memory. Through her family's story, set against the ever-present threat of Nazi invasion, she reveals how a nation surrounded by Axis powers made concessions that went far beyond survival, enriching its industries and financial institutions while prolonging the conflict. From secret refugee policies to postwar "ratlines" that helped Nazi war criminals escape justice, this book uncovers what the official record left out and what school textbooks still fail to teach.Inside these pages, you will discover: - How Swiss neutrality became a shield for collaboration, profit, and moral failure- The full scope of Swiss banking complicity, from wartime looting to decades of stonewalling survivors and their descendants- The hidden escape routes that funneled Nazi war criminals to safety, and who financed themEighty-one years after the war ended, fascism still casts a long shadow. This is the book that follows it to its source.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Besondere Ereignisse und Themen Genozide und ethnische Säuberung Holocaust
• ISBN: 9798318850288
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.10.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Palmetto Publishing