History National Council wants to rehabilitate World War II resistance fighters
Swiss citizens who voluntarily fought with the Resistance in France or with Italian resistance groups against fascism during the Second World War are to be rehabilitated. This is what the National Council wants.
11.03.2026, 11:38
SDA
On Wednesday, it backed the proposal of its Legal Affairs Committee (RK-N) by 129 votes to 55. The no votes came from the SVP parliamentary group. The opponents did not want to repeal the convictions for foreign military service.
The majority felt that the volunteers' actions were justified from a historical perspective. The law on the rehabilitation of volunteers who fought in the French Resistance or the Italian Resistance over 80 years ago does not provide for financial compensation or reparations.
The Federal Council also agrees with the rehabilitation. The sentences handed down at that time for foreign military service no longer correspond to today's sense of justice. Now the Council of States has to decide.
