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Let me start with a confession: until a year ago, I had never heard of Felix Somary. But then, how many people have heard of him? It was Dr. Otto von Habsburg, whose learning in these matters is vast, who told me about Somary. I hope to make his relevance to the great conflict of our times clear as crystal.

Felix Somary was a Swiss banker who, during World War II, was sent on a mission to the United States to look after his country’s financial interests. When the war was over, he wrote a wise, powerful, and concentrated book, Krise und Zukunft der Demokratie (Crisis and Future of Democracy). As far as I know, the book (which I have since read and studied) has never been translated into English.

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Let me start with a confession: until a year ago, I had never heard of Felix Somary. But then, how many people have heard of him? It was Dr. Otto von Habsburg, whose learning in these matters is vast, who told me about Somary. I hope to make his relevance to the great conflict of our times clear as crystal.

Felix Somary was a Swiss banker who, during World War II, was sent on a mission to the United States to look after his country’s financial interests. When the war was over, he wrote a wise, powerful, and concentrated book, Krise und Zukunft der Demokratie (Crisis and Future of Democracy). As far as I know, the book (which I have since read and studied) has never been translated into English.