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• W614538066 abstract "While surrounded by Axis powers in World War II, Switzerland remained democratic and, unlike most of Europe, never succumbed to siren songs and threats of goliath. This book tells story with emphasis on two voices rarely heard. One voice is that of scores of Swiss who lived in those dark years, told through oral history. They mobilized to defend country, labored on farms, and helped refugees. The other voice is that of Intelligence, those who spied on Swiss and planned subversion and invasion. Exhaustive documents from German military archives reveals a chilling rendition of attack plans which would be dissuaded in part by Switzerland's armed populace and Alpine defenses. Laced with unique maps and photos, book is organized into four units. The first, A War of Words and Nerves, depicts how Swiss mobilized an activespiritual defense of their country. Chapters describe jokes and slurs Swiss devised to characterize Nazi pigs, use of press and cabaret as weapons against totalitarianism, and role of Swiss newsreels in building spirit of resistance. German prewar subversion plans are also revealed. The second unit, To Resist to Death, concerns military preparations. Swiss soldiers recall an epoch when every could have been the day when all hell would break lose and they would meet enemy. Blitzkrieg plans against Switzerland devised by German Wehrmacht in 1940 are described in detail. Switzerland was an armed camp with countless fortifications, against which Axis could have attempted access with extreme costs in blood. In Switzerland, Jews -- like all other citizens -- were in arms, and Jewish officers served in highest levels of Swiss army. Struggle for Survival: Food, Fuel and Fear, third unit, presents oral histories of daily life during war with its shortages, alarms, and rumors. The role of women in military and economy are probed. A chapter on refugee crisis investigates whether Swiss officials played a role in Germany's adoption of theJ stamp on Jewish passports, how Switzerland became a lifeboat for refugees, and how asylum policies were liberalized as persecution of Jews escalated. Espionage and Subversion, fourth and final unit, covers strategic issues and intelligence activities. German attack plans and bickering in Gestapo about who would rule a conquered Switzerland persisted. One chapter focuses on Davos, where Swiss struggled against a Fifth Column and which became a safe haven for American airmen whose crippled bombers made it to Swiss territory. The last chapter profiles Switzerland as America's window on Reich -- how Allen Dulles and his OSS spied on Nazis, at times with help from Swiss Intelligence. Halbrook's other books include award-winning Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War II, which was published in five languages." @default.
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• W614538066 title "The Swiss and the Nazis: How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich" @default.
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