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Davos in the 1930s-40s

Nazis, American pilots, refugees and sick patients in Davos in the 1930s and 40s.

Photographs from Swiss filmmaker Danielle Jaeggi’s intimate political documentary, “A l’ombre de la montagne”, which explores the mythical alpine resort, its sanatoriums and this obscure period of Swiss history.

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