They also sold weapons to both sides btw
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PugJesus@piefed.social 1 week ago
Explanation: During WW2, Switzerland, as per its custom, was neutral. However, Swiss ’neutrality’ included allowing the Nazis to launder a great deal of their ill-gotten loot, including from the national treasuries of the countries the Nazis conquered, and the literal bodies of dead Jews in the Holocaust. When the war ended, the infamously opaque Swiss banking system made much of that wealth that was being laundered conveniently ‘disappear’ rather than allowing survivors any attempt to retrieve it.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 week ago
Saapas@piefed.zip 1 week ago
I mean, they allowed anyone to launder their money. That’s what neutrality is
hubobes@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
This is only partially true. The bit that’s off is that it all just vanished. The accounts got dug into in the 90s and in 1998 the banks settled for $1.25 billion that went to survivors and heirs. Way too late and only because they got pressured into it, but the money did get paid out.