Overview
- Summary
- Examines Switzerland's role in supporting Nazi Germany and the events that allowed Swiss border police to turn fleeing Jews away into the hands of the Gestapo. Also addresses the Swiss response as they confront Holocaust survivors seeking reparations. Includes interviews with Holocaust survivors.
- Other Title
- Frontline (Television program)
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [1997]
©1997 - Locale
- Switzerland
Europe - Notes
-
Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program, Frontline on June 17, 1997.
Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
Camera, Matthias Kalin, Milivoj Ivkovic, Jeremy Pollard ; film editor, Malcolm Daniel.
Narrator, Will Lyman.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 0780621085
- Additional Form
-
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
- Conditions on Use
- Subject to copyright restrictions.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Banks and banking--Corrupt practices--Switzerland--History--20th century. Foreign bank accounts--Switzerland--History--20th century. Holocaust survivors. Jewish property--Switzerland. Jews--Europe--Claims. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Reparations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings.
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- 2024-06-21 14:40:00
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