The evidence that suggests life was normal before the German occupation is that the people in this photo are actually happy, even thou they aren't smiling directly you can tell that they are happier than they would be if this photo was taken during the German occupation and also that they weren't wearing the star on there coats or jackets. I noticed as I looked through my family photos is that most of my photos were with someone else. The photo I chose was a picture with me and my dad and it relates to the photo that I researched by them both being with a parent and they both have the youngest child.Differences are that my dad is holding me and in the other photo the mom is holding her son.Another difference is race, and picture color.


Switzerland has had a  Jewish community since the 13th century.Before and after  the Second World War, Switzerland gave refuge to about 23,000 Jewish refugees until the government decided that Switzerland would serve only as a country of transit. In 1942 the Swiss police issued a regulation that denied refugee status. By the end of the war less then 25,000 Jews were permitted to take refuge. According to the 1990 census only 17,577 Jews  which is 0.26% of the total population reside in Switzerland.