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Bavaud's father Alfred attempted to rehabilitate his son's name and reputation, resulting in a court decision on
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admitted that the Swiss authorities did not make a sufficient effort to save Bavaud. Finally, in 2008, the Swiss government honored the life and effort of Bavaud. In 2011, a small monument in his honor was erected in
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after the fall of the Nazi regime. It romanticises him being haunted by the thought of his betrayal of
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in the belief that Hitler had returned there, only to find that Hitler was still in Munich. When Bavaud returned to Munich, he discovered that Hitler was just leaving for
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