The help from Switzerland

Already during the war the Swiss relief efforts began to set up. This help was prevented however by the German administration (Deutsche Reichsbehörden) in Vienna. First after the war generous donations arrived after Vienna.

The umbrella organization "Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)" (Don Suisse) stood at the top of the Swiss relief organization. The boss of this organization was Rodolfo Olgiati. The means of this "Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)" were brought up through public collections and through the Swiss federal government. Besides this "Swiss Donation (Schweizer Spende)" were in Vienna still seven other Swiss relief organizations active, and of course

• · the Swiss red cross, Childrenaid (Schweizer Rotes Kreuz, Kinderhilfe), which was conducted by Hr.Dr.Gautschi
• the Swiss Arbeiterhilfswerk under the direction of Fr.Dr.Kägi-Fuchsmann
• the Swiss mission Caritas under the direction of Hr.Dr.Criveli (the branch in Vienna became conducted from Hr.Alfons Dull)
• the Swiss Quakers - help under the direction of misses Rita Bächler
• the relief organization of the Protestant churches of the Switzerland, conducted from ministers Hellstern
• the Centrale Sanitaire Suisse under the direction of Dr. of fishermen
• the drive "Zurich helps Vienna" under the direction of Dr.Adolf Lüchinger

The help of the Swiss affected

1. the transmitting and distributing of foods, clothes as well as tools for daily use
2. the organization of longer stays for undernourished children for the cure in the Switzerland

The transports as well as the distribution of foreign donations took over the international red cross from outside of the Switzerland. The Viennese delegation became conducted from Hr.WalterFüllemann and from July 1946 from Dr.M.Moser.

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