Swiss historian Jean-Francois Bergier dies

Source: The Boston Globe

Geneva : WA : USA | about 1 month ago

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Swiss historian Jean-Francois Bergier, who led a highly critical probe of Switzerland's conduct during World War II, has died. He was 77. Bergier received wide renown for leading an international panel in a major study that in 2001 concluded Switzerland "got involved in (Nazi) crimes by abandoning...

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