Jean-Marie Musy
Politician
1876 – 1952
Who was Jean-Marie Musy?
Jean-Marie Musy was a Swiss politician.
He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 11 December 1919 and handed over office on 30 April 1934. He was affiliated with the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland.
During his time in office he held the Department of Finance and was President of the Confederation twice, in 1925 and 1930.
Musy was acquainted with Himmler. Toward the end of World War II, as the Gemans were retreating and near defeat, he and his son Benoît Nicolas Musy worked with two Swiss Orthodox Jews, Recha Sternbuch and her husband Yitzchak Sternbuch, and engaged in high level negotiations with the Nazis to rescue large numbers of Jews in the concentration camps. Musy was involved in the release of 1,210 prisoners from the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The group was saved after $1.25 million was placed in Swiss banks by Jewish organizations working in Switzerland. However, the money was never paid to the Nazis. Holocaust Rescue Mission in 1944
Another son, Pierre, received numerous equestrian competition titles and won the four-man bobsleigh gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Pierre Musy biography
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1876
- Also known as
- Мюзи, Жан-Мари
- Children
- Education
- University of Fribourg
- Died
- Apr 19, 1952
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on July 23, 2013
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