The Franks had always imagined that if they ever needed to leave Amsterdam, they could go to stay with Pim’s mother in Basel, but now Switzerland had all but closed its doors to immigrants. There was little hope for anyone attempting to enter Switzerland via the perilous climb through the mountains, and those refugees who managed to slip onto trains were turned back when they arrived at the border, even though it meant certain death to Jews who were forced to return to Germany.
