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Switzerland is a multi-lingual country. The two largest groups are French and German speakers. French speakers are the largest group, but German speakers predominate in many cantons. Cultural patterns mirror the laguage patterns. Thus French culture is important among the French speakers. German culture dominates among the German speakers. There is a strong loyalty to Switzerland that cuts accross the language divide. Some of the German-speaking population was loyal or a least sympathetic to the NAZIs. They wererepresented by the Swiss National Socialist Party. I am not sure at this tome how to quantify this. Nor am I sure how this affected Swiss policies during the War. It had to be a factor that Swiss officials considered. It should be recalled that early NAZI-generated crisis and campaigns involved demands for territory with German populations (the Anchluss, Munich, and the Polish Corridor).
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