{{Short description|Swiss politician (1876–1952)}} {{refimprove|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jean-Marie Musy | image = Jean-Marie Musy.gif | office = President of Switzerland | term_start = 1 January 1930 | term_end = 31 December 1930 | predecessor = Robert Haab | successor = Heinrich Häberlin | term_start1 = 1 January 1925 | term_end1 = 31 December 1925 | predecessor1 = Ernest Chuard | successor1 = Heinrich Häberlin | office2 = Swiss Federal Councillor | term_start2 = 11 December 1919 | term_end2 = 30 April 1934 | subterm2 = '''Department''' | suboffice2 = Finance | predecessor2 = Gustave Ador | successor2 = Philipp Etter | birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|4|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Albeuve, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|4|19|1876|4|10|df=y}} | death_place = Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland | spouse = | children = Benoît, Pierre | party = Catholic-Conservative Party }} '''Jean-Marie Musy''' (10 April 1876 – 19 April 1952) was a Swiss politician. Affiliated with the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, he was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 11 December 1919 and served until 30 April 1934. He was President of the Confederation twice, in 1925 and 1930.
During his time in office he held the Department of Finance<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html|title=Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/innen|first=Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement|last=EFD|website=www.efd.admin.ch|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027065751/https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Musy, a fascist with pro-Axis sympathies, was acquainted with Heinrich Himmler.<ref>{{Cite web |last=HUMANITY |first=Max Wallace EXCERPT FROM IN THE NAME OF |date=2017-08-19 |title=When Himmler tried to 'bury the hatchet between us and the Jews' |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/when-himmler-tried-to-bury-the-hatchet-between-us-and-the-jews/article_f8cdd1eb-9d43-59a0-be9d-b5019f5a7989.html |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> Toward the end of World War II, the forces of Nazi Germany were retreating and near defeat. At the request of two Swiss Orthodox Jews, Recha Sternbuch and her husband Yitzchak Sternbuch, and in coordination with them, Musy and his son Benoît Musy engaged in high-level negotiations with the Nazis to rescue large numbers of Jews in the concentration camps. Following the {{ill|Himmler–Musy Agreement|de|Vereinbarung Himmler–Musy}} of 12 January 1945, Musy was involved in the release of 1,210 prisoners from the Theresienstadt concentration camp in February 1945. The group was saved after $1.25 million was placed in Swiss banks by Jewish organizations working in Switzerland. However, the money was never paid to the Nazis.<ref>{{cite book |title=Three who tried to stop the Holocaust (article) |last=Kranzler |first=David }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Heroine of Rescue: The Incredible Story of Recha Sternbuch Who Saved Thousands from the Holocaust |last1=Kranzler |first1= David |last2=Friedson |first2=Joseph |year=1984 |publisher=Artscroll History Series, Mesorah Publications Ltd |isbn=978-0-89906-460-4 }}</ref><ref>Moriah Films, ''Unlikely Heroes'', documentary, includes a chapter on Recha Sternbuch (USA)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.musy.net/Holoc-1/holoc-1.html|title= Holocaust Rescuers – Jean-Marie & Benoit Musy|website= www.musy.net|access-date= 6 August 2021|archive-date= 24 April 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210424164250/https://www.musy.net/Holoc-1/holoc-1.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>
Jean-Marie Musy's son Pierre received numerous equestrian competition titles and won the four-man bobsleigh gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musy.net/Musy_-_Gruyere/Pierre-1/pierre-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222074554/http://www.musy.net/Musy_-_Gruyere/Pierre-1/pierre-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2001|title=Pierre Musy – Swiss Champion & Sportsman|website=www.musy.net}}</ref>
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==External links== *Jean-Marie Musy biography in English [http://musy.net/Musy_-_Gruyere/Jean-M-1/jean-m-1.html Jean-Marie Musy – President of Switzerland] *{{Swiss Federal Councillor|jean-marie-musy}} * {{PM20|FID=pe/012751}}
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