Cluster: Swiss Identity

Architect presents plans for new Paul Klee Centre

This content was published on Dec 10, 1999 Plans have been unveiled for one of the most prestigious architectural projects in the Swiss capital Berne in recent years: The Paul Klee Centre, which will be home to the world’s biggest collection of the Swiss-born artist’s works.The centre will be on the outskirts of the city where he was born in 1879. The originality…

History

Just how many refugees were there in Switzerland?

This content was published on Dec 10, 1999 Following are some of the main refugee figures as listed by the Bergier commission in its report on Switzerland’s wartime record. – Between 19933 and 1945, Switzerland recognised and accepted 644 people as political refugees. – The authorities allowed 51,129 civilian refugees into the country during the war years (19,495 of them were Jews and…

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Switzerland forced to reassess its World War II past

This content was published on Dec 10, 1999 The Bergier report is a highly controversial document, not least because it forces Swiss historians and the public to reassess Switzerland’s role during World War II. As the report criticises the Swiss government’s refugee policy at the time, as well as the often dubious gold dealings with Nazi Germany, the Bergier commission in many ways…

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Report tells human story of Jewish refugees

This content was published on Dec 10, 1999 The international panel on the Swiss refugee policy during World War II details the human suffering of Jews turned back at the border. The Bergier panel says in its report that the stories of individual refugees are important for an evaluation of the impact of Switzerland’s official refugee policy at the time. In the following…

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Why a commission to probe Swiss refugee policy?

This content was published on Dec 9, 1999 The Bergier commission of experts, set up by the Swiss authorities, has been investigating Switzerland’s wartime history since 1996. After initial quibbling about its composition, the government set up the nine-member historians’ commission under the leadership of Professor Jean-Francois Bergier (picture). Four of the members came from the United States, Britain, Israel and Poland and…

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Switzerland awaits verdict on World War II refugee policy

This content was published on Dec 9, 1999

Culture

Berne museum stages “sound and art”

This content was published on Dec 9, 1999

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Bosnian group learns about Swiss police work

This content was published on Dec 8, 1999

Culture

Zurich opera back in the black

This content was published on Dec 8, 1999 Despite pessimistic predictions about its financial future, Zurich’s opera is back in the black, making a profit of SFr148,000 ($95,000) in the past financial year. The management, presenting the results of the 1998/99 season, said on Wednesday that the profit was largely due to more arts and culture subsidies and increased sponsorship contracts. While the…

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Credit Suisse unit indicted by Japan prosecutors

This content was published on Dec 8, 1999 In the strongest action ever against a foreign financial firm doing business in Japan, Tokyo prosecutors said on Wednesday they had indicted the London headquarters of Credit Suisse Financial Products (CSFP) for violation of the nation’s banking laws. But CSFP denied having obstructed an audit. The prosecutors also indicted Shinji Yamada, former head of CSFP’s…

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