Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement

  • Division of the Federal Department of Justice and Police
  • EJPD
Identifier
731
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

After Hitler seized power in Germany in early 1933, the Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement issued regulations, approved by the Federal Counsil (the head of the Swiss executive branch), under which the borders were to be kept open, but refugees in most cases were to be granted only temporary residence.

Places

  • Founded and active in Switzerland.

Sources

  • The Swiss and the Nazis : How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich / S.P. Halbrook. - Havertown, 2006. - p.