The infamous «J» stamped by the Swiss on Jewish passports

This 1997 documentary by Richard Dindo for Swiss public television, SRF, looks at how the Swiss authorities came to stamp the infamous “J” in the passports of German Jews fleeing persecution in wartime Germany. It examines the role of the zealous Heinrich Rothmund, head of  the division of the Federal Justice and Police Department, which was in charge of “foreign infiltration” (Überfremdung) and against the “Judaization” (Verjüdung) of Switzerland.