1. It gave blood to fascist countries economically.
Germany has always been Switzerland's largest trading partner. During World War II, Switzerland has always maintained economic, trade and financial relations with Germany. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, Switzerland provided Germany with a loan of 15 million Swiss francs, while Germany allowed Swiss goods to be re-exported through Germany. Italy has also benefited from its economic and trade relations with Switzerland. Switzerland also sold electricity to Germany, keeping the German factory in production until the defeat of Germany in March 1945. Switzerland's major watch factories also supply precision parts to Germany. The 4 mm anti-aircraft gun provided by the military factory in Zurich is an important defense weapon for Germany to deal with allied air strikes.
2. During World War II, Switzerland kept the strategic 15-kilometer-long San Diego Tunnel (the longest road tunnel in the world) running through the Alps open to Germany and Italy. Trains loaded with strategic materials are constantly passing through Switzerland between the two countries.
3. Refuse to help persecuted Jews.
Before the outbreak of World War II, the Nazi regime generally did not prevent Jews from emigrating, but usually deprived them of their property and forced them to move to other countries. Therefore, Switzerland became the first choice for many German Jews to go into exile. However, the Swiss authorities took countermeasures to stop their influx. It clearly stipulated that "Jews should not be regarded as political refugees". To this end, the authorities adopted the measures of blocking before driving: implementing advance visas to stop refugees from entering the country; If allowed to enter the country, expel it as soon as possible; For refugees who entered the country illegally, the Swiss side took them to the border post and handed them over to the German side. During the war years, it was hard to count the Jews who could not enter and were expelled from Switzerland. In 1938, the Swiss entry-exit department asked Germany to put a big "J" on the passport of German Jews. By the time of the official war, Switzerland had intercepted more than 1, Jews at the border. Switzerland sometimes even handed these people over directly to the notorious SS. To this end, German newspapers also criticized Switzerland's so-called "neutrality" after the war. Germany's Weekly pointed out that Switzerland's "neutrality" is only the lack of formal cooperation with the Third Reich.
4. Swiss bank: embezzled Jewish property and acted as a Nazi gold safe.
The performance of Swiss banks in World War II also had many problems. It is reported that during World War II, German Jews who were persecuted to death by the Nazis opened more than 5, accounts in Swiss banks, with funds worth 6 billion US dollars. So far, only 6 million US dollars have been returned to Jewish organizations or donated to some international humanitarian organizations through the Swiss government. Some Swiss banks even refused to pay compensation on the grounds that Nazi concentration camps did not issue death certificates. All these funds were embezzled by Swiss banks.
Switzerland was also the main place where Nazi Germany traded gold in exchange for hard currency Swiss francs. Swiss banks simply don't ask about the origin of gold, and blindly earn huge price differences from it. It is said that at that time, 9% of the gold transactions of the Imperial Bank of Nazi Germany were conducted through Swiss banks. A considerable part of the huge property plundered by the Nazis through the war was also deposited in Swiss banks. With the "help" of Swiss banks, Hitler got valuable foreign exchange, thus buying important materials to maintain the war in the world market. The vice president of the Nazi German Imperial Bank simply said bluntly: "It is of great political significance for Switzerland to allow free foreign exchange trading, which is a basic principle that we still keep it independent."