The Mitzvah of Tzedakah
Who were the Nazi\’s victims? The Swiss-banks case has one definition. Other pending and future litigation may provide a fuller historical picture.
Who were the Nazi\’s victims? The Swiss-banks case has one definition. Other pending and future litigation may provide a fuller historical picture.
Jewish refugees fortunate enough to make it into Switzerland during World War II, were, in most cases, interned in forced-labor camps, required to perform hard physical labor under primitive living conditions, and separated from their families.\n
Has unremitting pressure on the Swiss government and its banks byAmerican Jewish organizations and supportive politicians becomecounterproductive, or will only constant prodding move the Swiss todo the right thing?
About the time one is tempted to feel a wee bit sorry for the Swiss over the barrage of flak they\’re now getting, along comes a new probe of the country\’s conduct during World War II to set the blood boiling again.