Background stories

Background Stories

Overview of the major topics.

175 years of Swiss Post

Swiss Post | The Horse Mail from Mels (1941)

Swiss Post | The Postwoman of La Sage (1943)

Swiss Post | The country postman of Sangernboden (1945)

Swiss Post | The Postman from Couvet on Tour (1953)

Swiss Post | The Family of Postmasters from Quarten (1957)

Swiss Post | Mailboxes

Swiss Post | Railway Post

Swiss Post | Airmail

Swiss Post | Field Post

Swiss Post | Post Bus

Swiss Post | Telephone Operator

Robots - People made of Metal

Switzerland Robot "Sabor"

Switzerland Robot "Klatu"

Robots - the People made of Metal

Computer | a Story of Zeros and Ones

Computers | Switzerland Mainframes

Computer | the personal computer

Computer | Working on the Computer

Computer | the First Computer (1941)

Computer | Calculating Machines

Computer | Precursor Abacus

Airport Zurich-Kloten

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Construction stages

Zurich-Kloten Airport | Opening (1948)

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Aerial photos

Airport Zurich-Kloten | State visits

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Les sportifs

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Celebrities

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Air travellers

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Ground personnel

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Flight personnel

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Flight baggage

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Spectators

Switzerland Energy | Historical

Switzerland Fossil Energy | Schlieren Gasworks

Switzerland Fossil Energy | Basel Gasworks (1942)

Switzerland Fossil Energy | Gaswerk Bern (1943)

Switzerland Fossil Energy | Coal Pile on the Chnubelweid (1969)

Switzerland Fossil Energy | Köhler Produces Charcoal (1944/1969)

Switzerland Energy shortage | Peat extraction

Switzerland Renewable Energy | Wood Industry - in Retrospect

Switzerland Energy shortage | Wood Gasification

Switzerland Fossil Energy | Oil Pipeline Oleodotto del Reno SA

Switzerland Fossil Energy | Tank Storage

Switzerland Energy shortage | Oil Crisis (1973)

Switzerland Nuclear Energy | Nuclear power plant Mühleberg

Switzerland Nuclear Energy | Nuclear power plant Gösgen

Switzerland Nuclear Energy | Nuclear power plant Leibstadt

Switzerland Nuclear Energy | Beznau nuclear power plant

Switzerland Energy supply - Power lines

Suisse Hydroélectricité | Barrages

Switzerland Hydropower | Run-of-river power plants

Switzerland Renewable Energy | Wind turbines (1977-1997)

Switzerland Renewable Energy | Solar Power Plant on Mont Soleil (1992)

Switzerland Renewable Energy | Tour de Sol (1985-1993)

Switzerland | Environmental Movement in Retrospect

Switzerland Water Pollution | Drinking Water Supply

Switzerland Water Pollution

Switzerland WaterPollution | Fish mortality

Switzerland Water Protection

Switzerland Soil Pollution | Fertilizer

Switzerland Soil Pollution | Pest Prevention

Switzerland Soil | Campaign "Forest Plasterers"

Switzerland Water protection | Campaign "Sea-Plaster"

Switzerland Water protection | Sewage Treatment Plants

Switzerland Air Pollution | Reaffic

Switzerland Air Pollution | Industry

Switzerland Air Pollution | Reaffic

Switzerland Air Pollution| Ozon

Switzerland Air Pollution| CFC

Switzerland Air Pollution| Fluorine

Switzerland Protected Areas | Swiss National Park in retrospect

Switzerland Forest Dieback

Switzerland Noise

Switzerland Waste Pollution | Tire Bearings

Switzerland Waste Pollution | Tire Bearings

Switzerland Waste Pollution | Open Depots

Switzerland Waste Pollution | Chemical Waste

Switzerland Waste Pollution | Nuclear Waste

175 years of Swiss railways

Spanish Broetli Railway (*1847)

Switzerland Rhaetian Railway | Historical Routes of the RHB

Switzerland Gotthard Railway | Gotthard Railway Tunnel (1882)

Swiss Railways | Bridge Buildings (1900-1996)

Switzerland BLS | Simplon Tunnel (1921)

Switzerland SBB | Railway Staff (1944-1982)

Switzerland SBB | Track Work (194-1976)

Switzerland SBB | Gotthard's Linemen (1937)

Switzerland SBB | Electrification of the railway (from 1945)

Switzerland SBB | in the Second World War (1939-1945)

Switzerland SBB | Track Work (194-1976)

Switzerland SBB | Electrification of the railway (from 1945)

Switzerland SBB | Railway Protection Forests (1948)

Switzerland SBB | Passengers on the train

Switzerland SBB | Rail tickets (1940-1991)

Switzerland SBB | Railway station buildings (1920-1990)

Switzerland SBB | Locomotive construction (1960)

Switzerland SBB | Red double arrow "Churchill"

Switzerland SBB | Catering on the Train (1940-1997)

Switzerland SBB | the Italian seasonal workers go home (1948-1978)

Switzerland SBB | Freight transport by rail (1918-1980)

Switzerland SBB | Car transfer to rail (1950-1970)

Airport Zurich-Kloten | Zurich Airport Station (1980)

Switzerland SBB | Introduction of the interval timetable (1982)

Switzerland SBB | Inauguration of the S-Bahn Zurich (1990)

Switzerland SBB | Commissioning of the rolling highway Gotthard (1994)

Switzerland SBB | Chronology of serious train accidents (1891-1994)

Switzerland SBB | Decision of a Smoking ban on suisse trains (2005)

Switzerland SBB | Power Blackout (2005)

Women's Movement Switzerland

Women's suffrage Switzerland | Voting Posters

Women's Movement Switzerland | A Yes for ^Women's Suffrage (1971)

Women's suffrage Switzerland | Demonstrations

Women's suffrage Switzerland | "March on Berne" (1969)

Women's suffrage Switzerland | Cantonal Voting and Election Rights

Women's suffrage Switzerland | Unterbäch (1957)

Women's Movement Switzerland | Consultative vote on Zvil protection (1957)

Swiss federal election with participation of women (1971)

Switzerland | Women in Parliament (from 1971)

Election of Elisabeth Kopp to the Federal Council (1984)

Resignation Elisabeth Kopp 1989

Women's suffrage Switzerland | Appenzell Innerrhoden (1990)

Demonstration against the election of the Federal Council (1993)

Controversial Swiss Federal Council election 1993

Ruth Dreifuss - President of the Swiss Confederation (1998)

Women's Movement Switzerland | Women's strike Switzerland (1991)

Women's Movement Switzerland | Women's strike Switzerland (2019)

Women's movement Switzerland | International Women's Day Switzerland

Women's movement Switzerland | Equal rights

Women's movement Switzerland | Legal abortion

Women's Movement Switzerland | Maternity protection

Women's movement Switzerland | No Violence

Women's movement Switzerland | Against Sexism

Women's movement Switzerland | Gender Movement

Women's movement Switzerland | Organizations

Switzerland | SAFFA (1958)

175 Years of the Federal Constitution

Federal Constitution (1848)

Federal Constitution (1848) - 100 Years Anniversary in 1948

100 Years Federal City of Bern (1948)

Bern Federal Palace | in Retrospect

Sonderbund Civil War (1847)

Switzerland | The Worst Landslides in Retrospect

Switzerland Landslide in Bondo (2017)

Switzerland Weather Disaster Valais | Gondo (2000)

Switzerland Bergsturz Randa (1991)

Switzerland Flimserstein rockfall (1939)

Switzerland Elm Landslide (1881)

Switzerland Goldau Landslide (1806)

Switzerland Rhine Gorge | Flims Landslide (9500 years ago)

Explosions in Swiss Army Ammunition Depots (1946-1992)

Switzerland Explosion Fortress Dailly (1946)

Blast Disaster of Blausee-Mitholz (1947)

Switzerland Fire in the Göschenen ammunition depot (1948)

Switzerland Explosion Steingletscher Sustenpass (1992)

History of Tanks (1916-1945)

First World War - Mark I - the first operational battle tanks

First World War | Renault LT - The first Tank with Gun Turret

First World War | A7V Assault Tank Car - The first German Battle Tank

Second World War | Tank T-34 - The most produced Russian Tank

Second World War | VI Tiger - the most successful German battle tank

Second World War | Tank M4 Sherman - The most important American Tank

Second World War | Eastern Front - Tank Battle Kursk (1943)

World War | Tank Production Worldwide

Switzerland Motorsport | Mountain and Road Races

Switzerland Motorsport | Rheineck-Walzenhausen-Lachen (1910-1954)

Switzerland Motorsport | Gempen-Dornach hill climb (1911-1914)

Switzerland Motorsport | Coupe de la Gruyère hill climb (1912-1913)

Switzerland Motorsport | Mountain race on the Albis (1907-1951)

Switzerland Motorsport | International Klausen Race (1922-1934)

Switzerland Motorsport | Develier-Les Rangiers hill climb (1926-1951)

Switzerland Motorsport | Maloja mountain car race (1929-1952)

Switzerland Motorsport | Swiss Grand Prix (1934-1955)

Switzerland Motorsport | International Alpine Tour (1934-1936)

Switzerland Motorsport | Wood carburettor race in Lausanne (1944)

Switzerland Motorsport | Grand Prix des Nations (1946-1950)

Switzerland Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) I Portraits

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) | in the Casa Rossa

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) | in the Garden of Casa Rossa

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) I the Painter and Drawer

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) | with son Martin Hesse

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) | with Granddaughter Sibylle

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) I with Friends

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) | and the Ticino

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) I Portrayed by Gret Widmann

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) | from the Family Album

Switzerland Scout National Camp (1938-1994)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | Boys' Scouts in Zurich (1938)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | Boys' Scouts in Trevano (1948)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | Girls' Scouts in Ulrichen (1949)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | Boys' Scouts in the Franches-Montagnes (1956)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | Girls' Scouts in Goms (1957)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | Boys' Scouts in Domleschg (1966)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | Girls' Scouts in the Blenio Valley (1969)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | First joint Camp in Zweisimmen (1980)

Swiss Scouts National Camp | First Joint Camp in the Napf Region (1994)

Historical Swiss Crime Cases | 12 outstanding crimes

Swiss Criminal Cases | Stadelmann murder case (1957)

Swiss Criminal Cases | He Almost Stopped Killing for Love (1959)

Swiss Criminal Cases | Gustav Eichenwald murder case (1956)

Swiss Criminal Cases | Attempted Murder in the Elevator Shaft (1958))

Swiss Criminal Cases | Josette, the "Last Witch of Geneva" (1961)

Swiss Criminal Cases | How Loulou took the Money Bag to Nirvana (1945)

Swiss Criminal Cases | "Be Good or the Deubelbeiss Will Get You!" (1951)

Swiss Criminal Cases | Dog Alpha and the Dead Man Under the Apple Tree (1949)

Swiss Criminal Cases | The Widow, the Prince and the Compliant (1964)

Swiss Criminal Cases | Glory and Misery in Ticino's Un-Retirement (1975)

Swiss Criminal Cases | Murder Case Bertoldo (1958)

Protests of 1980 in Switzerland | "We want everything, and we want it now"

80s Movement Switzerland | Opera House Riot (1980)

80s Movement Switzerland | plenaries assemblies

80s Movement Switzerland | Demonstration Pestalozziwiese

80s Movement Switzerland | Youth Action Day | Waste demonstration

80s Movement Switzerland | Demonstration at Sechseläuten (1981)

80s Movement Switzerland | Demonstrations Students

80s Movement Switzerland | Christmas Demonstration (1980)

80s Movement Switzerland | Self-immolation Silvia Zimmermann

80s Movement Switzerland | Nude Demonstration

80s Movement Switzerland | Contra-Reactions

80s Movement Switzerland | Chaotikon

80s Movement Switzerland | Neu-Chaotikon

80s Movement Switzerland | Autonomous Youth Centre AJZ

80s Movement Switzerland | Autonomous Youth Centre AJZ - Demolition

80s Movement Switzerland | Rote Fabrik Zurich

80s Movement Switzerland | "Züri brännt"

80s Movement Switzerland | Swiss Television "Mr. and Mrs. Müller"

80s Movement Switzerland | Zurich People's Tribunal

80s Movement Switzerland | Police Violence

80s Movement Switzerland | Graffitis

80s Movement Switzerland | tear gas, rubber bullets, barbed wire, water cannon

80s Movement Switzerland | STILLS

80s Movement Switzerland by Christoph Egle

80s Movement Switzerland by Olivia Heussler

80s Movement Switzerland by Peter Schlegel

Protests of 1968

Protests of 1968: Switzerland

Protests of 1968: France

Protests of 1968: Germany

Protests of 1968: USA

Protests of 1968: Czechoslovakia

Mexico - Massacre of Tlatelolco (1968)

CND Peace-Sign (1958)

Protests of 1968: 1968 by MAGNUM

First World War (1914-1918)

First World War - Western Front

First World War - East Front

First World War - Naval War

First World War - Aerial Warfare

Chemical Warfare (1914-1918)

First World War - Tanks

First World War - Internees and Prisoners of War

First World War - Everyday Life

First World War - Consequences of War

First World War - End of War

First World War - Switzerland (1914-1918)

First World War - Germany (1914-1918)

First World War - France (1914-1918)

First World War - Austria-Hungary (1914-1918)

First World War - Italy (1914-1918)

First World War - Belgium (1914-1918)

First World War - Russia (1914-1918)

First World War - USA (1917-1918)

First World War - Africa (1914-1918)

First World War - Outbreak of War

First World War - Static Warfare (1914-1918)

First World War - Artillery

First World War - Material battle

Second World War (1939-1945)

Second World War - End of the War (1945)

Second World War: Post War Era | "Never again war!"

Second World War - Course of the War

Second World War - Switzerland in the war

Second World War - Belligerents

Second World War - Strategic Aspects

War crimes trials (1945-1949)