jews

religion

Basel to pay for armed security to protect Jewish institutions

The Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt is to take on the costs of employing security personnel to protect its Jewish institutions.

racism

Survey claims one in four Swiss 'anti-Semitic'

More than one in four Swiss residents are anti-Semitic, making Switzerland’s population one of the most anti-Jewish in Western Europe, according to an online report released this week by the Anti-Defamation League.

jews

Banks pay heirs of dormant Swiss accounts

Swiss banks paid just over $6 million last year to the heirs of people who left dormant accounts under a system created after a scandal over money left by Jews during the Second World War.

jews

Swiss rejected fewer Jews, Nazi tracker says

The number of Jews turned back by the Swiss at the border during the Second World War is far fewer than previously estimated, a French historian says.