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45 Ludwig, Flüchtlingspolitik, 1957, pp. 232–234. Bucher, Verrat, 1967. In his memoirs Bucher does
not maintain his claim that he informed Kobelt. See also a reader’s letter from Paul Stauffer in the
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 16 June 2000 in this connection.
46 See Haas, Reich, 1994, pp. 183–185.
47 With reference to what the Allies knew see Wood/Janjowski, Karski, 1997; Breitmann, Staatsgeheimnisse,
1999.
48 The Association of Relief Organisations (Vereinigtes Hilfswerk) was founded in November 1940 by
the ICRC and the Federation of Red Cross Organisations. Its main objective was to provide help for
the civilian population.
49 Riegner, Années, 1998, pp. 73–75; Stauffer, Jahre, 1998, p. 231f.
50 Von Salis, Chronik, 1982, p. 223; see also Stadelmann, Umgang, 1998, p. 81.
51 See Ludwig, Flüchtlingspolitik, 1957, pp. 237–245; Kreis, Zensur, 1973, pp. 189–195 and Haas,
Reich, 1997, pp. 229–249.
52 Ludwig, Flüchtlingspolitik, 1957, p. 235.
53 Gast, Kontrolle, 1997; Mächler, Kampf, 1998.
54 See in particular the Federal Council’s Annual Report for 1919, in: Weill-Lévy, Essai, 1999,
pp. 48–49.
55 FA E 2001 (C) -/5, vol. 61, answers given in questionnaires concerning Russian, Armenian,
Assyrian, Assyrochaldean and Turkish refugees, in the appendix to a letter from Dinichert to the
High Commissioner (original French) dated 24 April 1929; concerning the Russians who fled to
Switzerland as a result of the Russian revolution see Hoerschelmann/Gast, Importance, 1993,
pp. 191–205; Lasserre, Politique, 1993, pp. 207–224 and Lasserre, Frontières, 1995, pp. 48–61.
56 Huonker/Ludi, Roma, 2001 (Publications of the ICE); Meier/Wolfensberger, Heimat, 1998.
57 Concerning anti-Semitism in general in Switzerland see Mattioli, Antisemitismus, 1998; Kamis-
Müller, Antisemitismus, 1990; EKR, Antisemitismus, 1998. With reference to «Überfremdung» and
anti-Semitism see Arlettaz/Arlettaz, Ausländergesetzgebung, 1998; Mächler, Kampf, 1998
Lasserre, Politique vaudoise, 2000, p. 280. Concerning anti-Semitism «à la suisse», see Picard,
Schweiz, 1994, pp. 34–40.
58 See UEK, Flüchtlinge, 2001 (Publications of the ICE). With reference to anti-Semitism in the
Federal Police for Foreigners at the Police Division, see Mächler, Kampf, 1998.
59 FA, E 4800.1 (-) 1967/111, 1.17 [498/II: Persönliche Korrespondenz] 1938, Rothmund to States
Councillor Ernst Löpfe-Benz, 15 January 1938. Concerning Rothmund’s anti-Semitism see
Roschewski, Rothmund, 1997. Concerning this parliamentarian’s attitude towards Jews from
Eastern Europe see Kury, Ostjudenmigration, 1998.
60 See also section 4.10 included herein, section on diplomatic protection.
61 See chapter 5 included herein. Cf. also Haldemann, Schutz, 2001 (Publications of the ICE); Picard,
Schweiz, 1994, pp. 194–208.
62 UEK, Flüchtlinge, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), section 3.1.
63 It was only in 1941 that the Swiss diplomat in Bukarest, René de Weck, first distanced himself from
this practice. DDS, vol. 14, no. 142, p. 427 (original French).
64 Mittenzwei, Exil, 1978, pp. 112–114; Häsler, Boot, 1967, pp. 275–286. See also Schütt, Germanistik,
1996.
65 FA E 4800.1 (-) 1967/111, ref. 1.17, file 498 [1938], Rothmund to Erwin Schachtler at Wegelin &
Co., St. Gallen, 18 November 1938.
66 Note in files of the Federal Police for Foreigners signed M. Ruth (18 February 1935) and
H. Rothmund (20 February 1935), private bequest H. See also UEK, Flüchtlinge, 2001 (Publications
of the ICE), section 1.5.
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