: Switzerland in the face of genocide

Switzerland, land of asylum? The word of the witnesses

In the context of Switzerland’s chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Published on 1 December 2017

Five testimonies by André Panczer, Isidore Jacubowiez, Edmond Richemond, Rosette Tasma-Wielblad and Sabine Sonabend followed by the screening of Closed Country by Kaspar Kasics.

Leopold Lindtberg’s "Last Chance"

In the context of Switzerland’s chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Published on 1 December 2017

Northern Italy, September 1943. An English and an American, escaped prisoners of war, are taken in by a village priest who helps refugees of all nationalities.

Switzerland and the genocide: new research and perspectives

In the context of Switzerland’s chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Published on 1 December 2017

During the Second World War, Switzerland was the neutral power whose geostrategic position was the most threatened; it was landlocked in the heart of German Europe from November 1942.