How Thomas Borer Navigated Switzerland’s Holocaust-Era Banking Crisis
This 2013 retrospective details how in the mid-1990s, young diplomat Thomas Borer was appointed to lead Switzerland’s task force investigating dormant bank accounts tied to Holocaust victims, a role that became a defining chapter in his career. He pursued parallel strategies: one pushing for immediate compensation to Jewish groups, the other taking a firmer negotiating line. Borer met influential U.S. figures, including Senator Alfonse D’Amato, while coordinating Switzerland’s unified diplomatic message under the principle of truth and justice.