The Nazi gold is still very much a thing. And the descendants of Jewish people who died in concentration camps are often unsuccessful in reclaiming any wealth that was stored in Swiss banks, because they don’t have death certificates and what not. Switzerland is incredibly stubborn and selfish when it comes to anything that would tarnish their neutral stance in banking and politics.
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percent@infosec.pub 8 months agoI meant current times, not in the past. Sorry, I assumed that would be obvious. There are also some things I like about Germany, though they have a pretty terrible past.
HereIAm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Pamasich@kbin.earth 4 months ago
The Nazi gold is still very much a thing.
The Nazi gold was given back. It's very much not a thing anymore. And back to the jews I mean, not Germany.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Nazi gold didn’t disappear after the Nazis fell. They still pocketed it all, despite knowing where all that wealth came from, and did fuck all to help rebuild Europe.
Other things like their appeasing attitude towards Russia, reluctance to allow weapons exports to Ukraine, and willingness to export weapons to awful regimes are all unambiguously current.
percent@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Huh. They don’t sound very neutral on the weapons stuff. TIL 😕
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Money, it’s always money…