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Nazi praise sparks Swiss rethink of Le Corbusier

“It’s a different issue if you make a publicity campaign,” said Werner Abegg, spokesman for the money-printing national bank. “The bank note highlights essentially the influence of a person. It’s uncontested in the case of Le Corbusier.”

Abegg told the AP that the bank had no plans to change its currency.

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