Download or read book Switzerland, National Socialism, and the Second World War written by Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz--Zweiter Weltkrieg and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2002 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this situation, at the end of 1996 the Swiss Parliament and Government set up an internationally composed Independent Commission of Experts whose five-year assignment was to investigate these allegations in their historical and legal context. Thanks to the unique privilege of assess to archives, it was possible for the first time to overcome the obstacle of Swiss banking secrecy - believed insurmountable until then - and to extend the research to the archives of banks and other companies.