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In the words of Max Petitpierre:

"These credits and the deliveries of war material and other products [...] contributed to the war efforts of one of the belligerents. Not only had we abandonded integral neutrality, but - even worse - in so doing, we were as a rule deviating from the very notion of neutrality. "




The problem with being truly neutral is that while you are a bastion against tyranny, you are also the refuge of scoundrels.


It wasn't quite that simple. Very interesting but very long reading:

http://www.uek.ch/en/schlussbericht/synthesis/ueke.pdf

Almost 600 pages but if you have a spare bit of time and really interested you could do a lot worse than looking at this, it is one of the most candid introspective pieces about world war II.




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