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Don't worry, the Swiss labor camp was run by [checks notes] a literal Nazi (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/historymemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 75 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeah, the Swiss were "neutral" in the sense they didn't outright declare their support for Germany.

The American Air force had a whoopsie and bombed a bunch of Swiss factories making weapons for Germany, which probably didn't endear them to the Swiss.

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    • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Isn't Switzerland also where Nazis transfered (most?) of their gold during and before the end of the WWII. And this is how they got their "privacy friendly" status because they don't reveal who the real owners are. Convenient, isn't it?

    That is still ongoing as most corrupt politicians have a swiss bank account to hide their "assets".

    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nazis/readings/sinister.html

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    • [–] [S] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wauwilermoos_internment_camp

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Starting in 1943 Switzerland attempted to shoot down American and British aircraft, mainly bombers, overflying Switzerland. Six aircraft were downed by Swiss Air Force fighters and nine by anti-aircraft cannons; 36 airmen were killed.

    Wait wtf why have I never heard this? Why do they get to claim they were neutral when they literally joined the fighting on the side of the Germans???

    Yeah this was kind of a dumb take made with no research at all

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    Starting in 1943 Switzerland attempted to shoot down American and British aircraft, mainly bombers, overflying Switzerland. Six aircraft were downed by Swiss Air Force fighters and nine by anti-aircraft cannons; 36 airmen were killed.

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    • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've hated the 'Geneva is the future capital' trope in science fiction for a long time, even before learning the whole truth.

    Fuck fake neutrality.

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    • [–] 33 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Never knew about this. Damn Switzerland, not cool

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They also were a significant weapons manufacturer and supplier of the Germans. They were not really neutral in reality.

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    • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    A saying from this time: The Swiss work six days a week for Hitler and pray on Sunday for the victory of the Allies.

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hmmm, guess I'm never drinking Swiss Miss hot cocoa again.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Really? You're not doing stuff from a country anymore because 80 years ago it did something remotely evil?

    Makes me wonder what you are doing with the USA

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