The Local Switzerland

Surviving Swiss cousin remembers Anne Frank

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:50:17 +0100

Seventy years after the death of Anne Frank in a concentration camp, Sofia Domino interviewed Swiss resident Buddy Elias, the last surviving direct relative of the teen celebrated for giving a voice to Holocaust victims through her famous diary.

Hitler coffee cream pot company faces closure

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:12:48 +0200

The company that designed the coffee cream pot lids featuring images of Hitler and Mussolini is facing bankruptcy after Swiss supermarket chain Migros said it planned to terminate its contract with the Bern-based outfit.

Swiss neo-Nazi arrested in Hamburg

Tue, 08 May 2012 12:21:00 +0200

A 24-year-old Swiss neo-Nazi, wanted for shooting a man in Zurich on Saturday night, has been arrested in Hamburg.

Fury over Mein Kampf in Swiss bookshops

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:41:00 +0200

Anti-racism groups have expressed indignation that Hitler’s book, “Mein Kampf” (“My Struggle”) is freely available in bookstores in the Swiss region of Romandie.