Switzerland, the awful truth

Ziegler, Jean

Harper&Row

Responsible for an international firestorm of controversy, this European bestseller examines revelations of how Switzerland bankrolled Nazi Germany's war effort, and then refused to address Holocaust survivors' claims for reparations. Based on records of the German Armaments Ministry and other official documents, The Swiss, the Gold, and the Dead shows how Switzerland laundered gold looted from the banks of occupied Europe and from the bodies of concentration camp victims, and supplied Germany's war economy with sizable loans, weapons, ammunition, and precision instruments. In return, Switzerland was spared the depredations that befell the rest of Europe, and actually profited from its relationship with the Nazis. Jean Ziegler's uncompromising account of Swiss complicity--and his scathing indictment of his own country--make this the definitive book on this highly controversial and emotional subject.

The Swiss, the Gold, and the Dead: How Swiss Bankers Helped Finance the Nazi War Machine

History

Europe

Penguin??Books

Recent startling revelations that Switzerland helped to bankroll Nazi Germany's war effort, and Swiss intransigence in the face of redress claims by Holocaust survivors, have shaken Switerland's international reputation. In this uncompromising account, leading Swiss sociologist Jean Ziegler closely examines the shady relationship between Swiss bankers and Nazi Germany. Based on the records of the German Armaments Ministry and other official documents, The Swiss, the Gold, and the Dead shows how Switzerland's leading financial institutions provided Hittler with the foreign exchange essential to his war effort-laundering gold looted from the banks of occupied Europe and from the bodies of concentration camp victims; granting sizable loans; and supplying Germany's war economy with weapons, ammunition, and precision instruments. In returen, Switzerland was spared the devastation that befell the rest of Europe. Ziegler argues forcefully and authoritatively that without Swiss complicity the war in Europe would have ended earlier, sparing hundreds of thousands of lives. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience in Switzerland's domestic politic and international diplomacy, Professor Ziegler has made an important contribution to this highly controversial and emotional subject.

The Swiss, The Gold And The Dead: How Swiss Bankers Helped Finance the Nazi War Machine

Brownjohn, John

Harcourt

Switzerland Exposed

Schocken Books

Few know that world hunger was very nearly eradicated in our lifetimes. In the past five years, however, widespread starvation has suddenly reappeared, and chronic hunger is a major issue on every continent. In an extensive investigation of this disturbing shift, Jean Zieglerone of the world’s leading food expertslays out in clear and accessible terms the complex global causes of the new hunger crisis. Ziegler’s wide-ranging and fascinating examination focuses on how the new sustainable revolution in energy production has diverted millions of acres of corn, soy, wheat, and other grain crops from food to fuel. The results, he shows, have been sudden and startling, with declining food reserves sending prices to record highs and a new global commodities market in ethanol and other biofuels gobbling up arable lands in nearly every continent on earth. Like Raj Patel’s pathbreaking Stuffed and Starved, Betting on Famine will enlighten the millions of Americans concerned about the politics of food at homeand about the forces that prevent us from feeding the world’s children.

Betting on Famine: Why the World Still Goes Hungry

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The New Press

Une Suisse au-dessus de tout soupçon (Collection Combats) (French Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Editions Du Seuil

Main basse sur l'Afrique (Combats) (French Edition)

SEUIL

Main basse sur l'Afrique

Première publication : 1999.La réédition d'un " classique " de la collection " Expliqué à... ", augmenté d'une préface qui dresse le constat chiffré de la persistance du fléau de la faim aujourd'hui. Une manière de souligner que le texte original n'a pas pris une ride.

La Faim dans le monde expliquée à mon fils

Voici un état de la faim dans le monde et des moyens de l’éradiquer. Toutes les trois secondes, un enfant de moins de dix ans meurt de malnutrition, tandis que des dizaines de millions d’autres, et leurs parents avec eux, souffrent de la faim et de ses terribles conséquences physiques et psychologiques. Et pourtant, l’agriculture d’aujourd’hui serait en mesure de nourrir 12 milliards d’êtres humains. Nulle fatalité, donc. Mais comment en sortir ? D’abord, prendre conscience des dimensions exactes du problème par un état des lieux documenté et vibrant de la connaissance du terrain. Comprendre ensuite les raisons de l’échec des formidables moyens mis en œuvre depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale pour éradiquer la faim. Puis identifier les ennemis du droit à l’alimentation. Enfin, bien comprendre les deux grands mécanismes à travers lesquels progresse la faim aujourd’hui : la production d’agro-carburants et la spéculation sur les biens agricoles. Mais l’espoir est là, qui s’incarne dans le travail quotidien de ceux qui, ici et là, dans les zones dévastées, occupent les terres et imposent le droit à l’alimentation à l’ordre du monde.Avec Jean Ziegler, la souffrance a un visage, l’oppression un nom, et les mécanismes à l’œuvre sont saisis dans leur application concrète.« C’est un livre qui aborde des sujets complexes, mais de façon vulgarisée. C’est bien fait. Un livre important. » – Andrée Poulin, Radio-Canada/Divines tentationsPour visionner la vidéo, cliquez ici.

Destruction massive - Géopolitique de la faim

Politics & Government

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