This paper shows Switzerland’s involvement in colonialism. Swiss actors participated in the slave trade or benefited otherwise from the colonial system. This linkage was accompanied by the construction of the «...

Das « Jubiläumsjahr » 2015 förderte verschiedene, teilweise emotional aufgeladene Debatten über die adäquate Art des Erinnerns an « Morgarten » und « Marignano » zutage. Dass Geschichte nicht zuletzt an Jahrest...

During the Cold War, discourse about the « spiritual national defence » against « the Communists » was widespread in Switzerland. To strengthen the young generation’s will to defend their country, the heroic hi...