Editing Jean-Marie Musy

{{Short description|Swiss politician}}
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'''Jean-Marie Musy''' (10 April 1876 – 19 April 1952) was a Swiss politician.

Affiliated with the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland]], he was elected to the [[Federal Council of Switzerland]] on 11 December 1919 served until 30 April 1934.

During his time in office he held the [[Department of Finance (Switzerland) |Department of Finance]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html|title=Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/innen|first= Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement|last=EFD|website=www.efd.admin.ch}}</ref> and became [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland) |President of the Confederation]] twice, in 1925 and 1930.

Musy, a fascist with pro-Axis sympathies, was acquainted with [[Heinrich Himmler]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=HUMANITY |first=Max Wallace EXCERPT FROM IN THE NAME OF |date=2017-08-19 |title=When Himmler tried to ‘bury the hatchet between us and the Jews’ |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/when-himmler-tried-to-bury-the-hatchet-between-us-and-the-jews/article_f8cdd1eb-9d43-59a0-be9d-b5019f5a7989.html |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> Toward the end of [[World War II]], the forces of [[Nazi Germany]] were retreating and near defeat. At the request of two Swiss Orthodox Jews, [[Recha Sternbuch]] and her husband Yitzchak Sternbuch, and in coordination with them, Musy and his son [[Benoît Musy]] engaged in high-level negotiations with the Nazis to rescue large numbers of [[Jews]] in the [[Nazi concentration camps | concentration camps]]. Following the {{ill|Himmler–Musy Agreement|de|Vereinbarung Himmler–Musy}} of 12 January 1945, Musy was involved in the release of 1,210 prisoners from the [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]] in February 1945. 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]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Three who tried to stop the Holocaust (article) |last=Kranzler |first=David }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Heroine of Rescue: The Incredible Story of Recha Sternbuch Who Saved Thousands from the Holocaust |last1=Kranzler |first1= David |last2=Friedson |first2=Joseph |year=1984 |publisher=Artscroll History Series, Mesorah Publications Ltd |isbn=978-0-89906-460-4 }}</ref><ref>Moriah Films, ''Unlikely Heroes'', documentary, includes a chapter on Recha Sternbuch (USA)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.musy.net/Holoc-1/holoc-1.html|title=Holocaust Rescuers – Jean-Marie & Benoit Musy |website= www.musy.net}}</ref>

Jean-Marie Musy's son [[Pierre Musy| Pierre]] received numerous equestrian competition titles and won the [[Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics| four-man bobsleigh gold medal]] at the [[1936 Winter Olympics]] in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musy.net/Musy_-_Gruyere/Pierre-1/pierre-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222074554/http://www.musy.net/Musy_-_Gruyere/Pierre-1/pierre-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2001|title=Pierre Musy – Swiss Champion & Sportsman|website=www.musy.net}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*Jean-Marie Musy biography in English [http://musy.net/Musy_-_Gruyere/Jean-M-1/jean-m-1.html Jean-Marie Musy – President of Switzerland]
*{{Swiss Federal Councillor|jean-marie-musy}}
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