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‘All kinds of stories made the rounds, and are still making the rounds, and much of what people say is exaggerated…By the way, I never struck anyone unless I had written orders…Order must be maintained,’ he said, ‘That was also the original purpose of the concentration camps: to teach those people order and discipline. Later on, of course, excesses did occur, in violation of the guidelines.’

‘…the Swiss authorities are increasingly unwilling to take in refugees. You know the J stamped on the passports of German Jews was introduced at the urging of Dr. Rothmund, head of the Swiss Immigration Police. The Nazis adopted it enthusiastically, but it was a Swiss idea…’