Arne Ruth
Former Editor-in-chief, Dagens Nyheter.
At the end of the War, Sweden and Switzerland were accused of using their neutrality for enrichment and not, as they had maintained, as a way of participating in the epochal struggle for the future of the human race. Switzerland faced the particular charge of unconditionally accepting to keep looted gold from Germany in its banks… Swedish trade with Germany, at least from 1943 onwards, helped to prolong the war. From this perspective, the wartime Swedish coalition government can be accused of indirectly adding to the impact of the Holocaust.
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