Book cover sparks Swiss effort to block it; Depicts flag with swastika overlay.(NATION)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: December 19, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Gerald Mizejewski, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

ZURICH - Angry Swiss officials are seeking ways to block the publication of a book by an American diplomat because the cover depicts the Swiss flag obscured by gold bars in the shape of a swastika.

Politicians, historians and pundits are using words like "shocked," "wrong" and "insulting" to describe their disdain for the image on Stuart Eizenstat's "Imperfect Justice," a look into the nation's World War II ties to Nazi Germany due out next month.

Even President Kaspar Villiger is said to be upset. Foreign Minister ...

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