{"id":43988,"date":"2017-11-07T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T17:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/?p=43988"},"modified":"2021-08-29T22:32:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:32:41","slug":"lethique-dessus-lois-desobeir-sauver-vies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/de\/2017\/11\/07\/lethique-dessus-lois-desobeir-sauver-vies\/","title":{"rendered":"Hommage \u00e0 Paul Gr\u00fcninger | L’\u00e9thique, au dessus des lois"},"content":{"rendered":"

Qui a dit? <\/span><\/h1>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Paul Gr\u00fcninger a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que ses valeurs \u00e9thiques \u00e9taient plus importantes que son devoir de commandant de police. Il a plac\u00e9 son humanit\u00e9 au-dessus de sa carri\u00e8re, de son statut social ou de sa sant\u00e9 personnelle. <\/span>Paul Gr\u00fcninger a choisi le courage moral, plut\u00f4t que l’inertie, l’\u00e9go\u00efsme et le confort. <\/span>Son exemple demeure une source d’inspiration extraordinaire aujourd’hui, alors que le monde assiste quotidiennement \u00e0 l’oppression et \u00e0 la guerre, aux atrocit\u00e9s massives et aux violations des droits de l’homme. Ceux qui osent d\u00e9sob\u00e9ir face au crime et \u00e0 l’injustice sauvent l’humanit\u00e9.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Le Conseiller f\u00e9d\u00e9ral Johann Schneider Ammann, le 30 octobre 2017, en Isra\u00ebl, lors de\u00a0 l’inauguration d’une rue au nom de Paul Gr\u00fcninger, Juste parmi les nations, r\u00e9habilit\u00e9 par la Suisse en 1995. Un discours sur le courage moral et les valeurs \u00e9thiques d’autant plus fort qu’aujourd’hui, la solidarit\u00e9 tend \u00e0 \u00eatre criminalis\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Ci-dessous, le discours complet (en anglais) publi\u00e9 sur le site du D\u00e9partement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de l’\u00e9conomie, de la formation et de la recherche (lien<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Sophie Malka<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Inauguration of the Paul Gr\u00fcninger Street in Rishon LeZion, Israel<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Berne, 30.10.2017<\/em> – Address by Federal Councillor, Johann N. Schneider-Ammann 30.10.2017 Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER<\/p>\n

Check against delivery<\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Mayor,
\nDear representative of the Paul Gr\u00fcninger Foundation
\nLadies and Gentlemen,<\/p>\n

It is an honour for Switzerland and for me personally, to inaugurate this new street in memory of Paul Gr\u00fcninger.
\nI would like to express my gratitude to the City Council and Mr. Oren Gruber, who initiated this very important event.<\/p>\n

This year, until March 2018, Switzerland is chairing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
\nThe Alliance unites governmental representatives and experts to strengthen the research, the teaching and the learning about the Holocaust and keeps the memory of its victims alive.
\nThe Alliance seeks to know and tell the truth so that we are able to shape a world that continues to fight antisemitism, xenophobia, genocide or Holocaust denial and distortion, which still threaten our societies today.<\/p>\n

After the Nazi takeover in 1933, thousands of Jews and political opponents fled Germany and, after the Anschluss of 1938, Austria also.
\nGerman and Austrian Jews faced harsh new discriminations, becoming targets not only of public humiliation but of brutal violence.
\nChaim Weizmann, who would later become Israel\u2019s first President, stated bitterly that the world was divided into two camps:
\nthose who wanted to get rid of the Jews and those who refused to give them refuge.<\/p>\n

The restrictive refugee policy adopted by Switzerland especially in 1938 and in 1942 is probably the darkest moment of our history.<\/p>\n

It is in 1995, 50 years after the end of the second world war, when the Swiss Government apologized.<\/p>\n

In a landmark solemn statement before the Parliament, then President of the Swiss Confederation Kaspar Villiger confessed
\n\u2013 I quote: \u201cWe can only bow in silence in front of those that we have sent to suffering, captivity or death.\u201d Unquote.<\/p>\n

Today, we bow also to those righteous individuals who took personal risks to save lives.
\nPaul Gr\u00fcninger was one of them.<\/p>\n

Paul Gr\u00fcninger was the police chief in the border region of St. Gallen and allowed hundreds of Jews to cross the Swiss-Austrian border illegally into Switzerland.
\nBecause of his choices Paul Gr\u00fcninger was dismissed in 1939 and condemned for abuse of power and falsifying documents.
\nPaul Gr\u00fcninger was never acknowledged in his lifetime and he died without any gratitude from his compatriots.
\nIn 1995, 23 years later, a court of St. Gallen overturned the sentence and acquitted Paul Gr\u00fcninger of all charges.<\/p>\n

Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished guests,<\/p>\n

Switzerland cannot and does not deny its responsibility.
\nMoral positions can be controversial and in dire times come at great personal costs.
\nIt is often easier to follow orders, mainstream behaviors and daily routines.<\/p>\n

But Paul Gr\u00fcninger reached out a helping hand and decided he could not stand idle while, a few kilometres away, people needed his help.
\nHe decided to go against the stream, against the Zeitgeist and its established rules and procedures.
\nHe determined that ethical values were more important than his duty as a police officer, thus placing Menschlichkeit (Humanity) above his career, his social status or personal wealth.
\nPaul Gr\u00fcninger chose moral courage, over apathy, selfishness and convenience.
\nHis example remains a source of tremendous inspiration today, as the world never stops to witness oppression and war, massive atrocities and violations of human rights. Those who dare to disobey when confronted with crime and injustice save humanity.<\/p>\n

In the name of Switzerland and the Swiss delegation, I express my sincere gratitude to the city of Rishon LeZion and to the organizers of this inauguration \u2013 may this new Street become an avenue of inspiration, for present and future generations!<\/p>\n

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