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135 Lasserre, Frontières, 1995, p. 105 provides a list which distinguishes between expenditure on
support and expenditure on emigration by various relief organisations between 1933 and 1940.
136 Schürch, Flüchtlingswesen, 1951, p. 231; Ludwig, Flüchtlingspolitik, 1957, p. 367. According to
Schürch, the figure of 5 million francs for the Emigrants’ Office is based on «reliable calculations
and estimations».
137 FA, E 4001 (C) -/1, vol. 259, minutes of the Conference of Police Directors, 8 February 1943.
138 Switzerland had undertaken to direct goods to be exported to France through La Plaine. A German
customs post had been set up at La Plaine to handle customs formalities. DDS, vol. 13, no. 363
(original German); vol. 14, no. 78, appendix II (original German).
139 FA, E 5330 (-) 1975/95, 43/2254, «Report on the expulsion of three German Jews at the customs
checkpoint at La Plaine» written by Daniel Odier, 23 August 1942. The names of the refugees have
been spelled as in the original report. Klarsfeld, Mémorial, year not indicated, convoy no. 34.
140 FA, E 5330 (-) 1975/95, 43/5315, minutes of interrogation, 5 December 1943.
141 FA, E 5330 (-) 1975/95, 44/3427, «Concerne: Réfugiés avec fausse identité», 14 April 1944, report
dated 21 July 1944 (original French).
142 Sperber, Scherben, 1977, p. 298.
143 ZL, Schlussbericht, 1950, p. 126.
144 Lasserre, Vie, 1998; Lasserre, Frontières, 1995, pp. 133–138; Ludwig, Flüchtlingspolitik, 1957,
p. 178.
145 FA, E 4001 (C) -/1, vol. 258, «Report on the inspection of the refugee reception camps» by
Lieutenant Colonel Hartmann of the Health Division, 11 December 1942 (original German). See
also Lasserre, Frontières, 1995, p. 227.
146 Since May 1940 the Swiss too had been obliged to render work service. Jost, Politik, 1998, pp. 52
and 57.
147 FA, E 4260 (C), 1974/34, vol. 88, Rothmund to Mertens, 22 June 1950.
148 A woman’s letter to pastor Paul Vogt, 16 November 1943, quoted from Kocher, Zeit, 1986, pp. 57f.
149 See Kälin, Aspekte, 2001, (Publications of the ICE) Part 2, B.III.5.b.aa.
150 Lasserre, Frontières, 1995, p. 324; Picard, Schweiz, 1994, p. 445.
151 Lasserre, Frontières, 1995, pp. 236–255, in particular p. 237.
152 FA, E 4800.1 (-) 1967/111, ref. 1.09, file 285, «Expulsion of refugees», assessment by Jezler,
26 April 1944 (emphasis in original; original German).
153 Lasserre, Frontières, 1995, pp. 290f.; Broggini, Terra d’asilo, 1993, pp. 362–367 and 493–527.
154 Hohermuth, Bericht, 1945, pp. 45–59; Picard, Schweiz, 1994, pp. 358–364.
155 Ludwig, Flüchtlingspolitik, 1957, pp. 340–346. 1,345 refugees were issued with normal residence
permits and could for the first time take advantage of the state welfare system. With reference to
the financial aspects of permanent asylum see also UEK, Flüchtlinge, 2001 (Publications of the ICE),
section 5.3.
156 FA, E 4001 (C) -/1, vol. 260, minutes of the Working Group II of the Commission of Experts,
22 March 1945, opinion of Dr. med. Zangger.
157 See Kälin, Aspekte, 2001, UEK, Flüchtlinge, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), Part 2, B.III, 2.a
158 FA, E 4264 (-) 1985/196, vol. 349, «Etat des dépôts de réfugiés restés en souffrance à
l’Arrondissement Territorial de Genève», undated.
159 FA, E 4260 (C), 1974/34, vol. 85, von Steiger to the Police Division, 14 May 1943.
160 FA, E 4260 (C), 1974/34, vol. 86, «minutes», 16 June 1945 (original German).
161 See Zeugin/Sandkühler, Lösegelderpressungen, 2001 (Publications of the ICE). This study includes
a list of all the cases in the Netherlands that have links with Switzerland.
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