The Swiss, the Gold, and the Dead: How Swiss Bankers Helped Finance the Nazi War Machine - Jean Ziegler - Paperback

Responsible for an international firestorm of controversy, this European bestseller examines relations of how Switzerland bankrolled Nazi Germany's war effort, & then refused to address Holocaust survivors' claims for reparations. Based on records of the German Armaments Ministry & other official documents, The Swiss, the Gold, & the Dead shows how Switzerland laundered gold looted from the banks of occupied Europe & from the bodies of concentration camp victims, & supplied Germany's war economy with sizable loans, weapons, ammunition, & precision instruments. In return, Switzerland was spared the depredations that befell the rest of Europe, & actually profited from its relationship with the Nazis. Jean Ziegler's uncompromising account of Swiss complicity - & his scathing indictment of his own country - make this the definitive book on this highly controversial & emotional subject.Ziegler, Jean is the author of 'The Swiss, the Gold, and the Dead: How Swiss Bankers Helped Finance the Nazi War Machine - Jean Ziegler - Paperback' with ISBN 9780140278583 and ISBN 0140278583.