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Possible pardons for Swiss WW2 resistance fighters

10 minutes | Wednesday, 26 January 2022

On this week's Swiss Up! Dario looks at the story of a few hundred who crossed into occupied France during the war and joined up with the French resistance. But it's illegal for a Swiss national to enlist in a foreign army - and so many were punished, including jail time, when they returned.

Parliament could reverse the injustice.

Possible pardons for Swiss WW2 resistance fighters
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