On the ambivalence of being neutral: Switzerland and Swiss Jewry - facing the rise and fall of the Nazi state

Looks at the concerns of Swiss historiography by studying four areas. The first examines the emergence of Swiss neutrality before 1933 and then in relation to Nazi Germany. The second raises yet unanswered questions that provide the research blueprint for the Independent Commission of Experts: Switzerland- Second World War. The third provides a case study of Swiss Jews and Nazi Germany and the last offers some conclusions while providing perspective on the meaning of the change of perception since the end of the war