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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
They also fled to Italy (and then the US), not Switzerland, and I've read that if they'd done what they are portrayed as doing in the movie geography-wise they would've ended up even deeper in the heart of Nazi country, not neutral Switzerland, so the whole "escape over the mountains" thing was a dramatic invention.
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Also, the Swiss, while neutral, were prone to return to Germany those who crossed the border if they were wanted by the Reich. This included Jews, political "criminals", deserters, and others. The Swiss apparently did not want to rile the ire of the Reich...
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