https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Grock, whose real name was real name Adrien Wettach, became known as the "king of clowns" but the Swiss entertainer who made the world laugh is now in the spotlight over his connections with Adolf Hitler. https://www.thelocal.ch/20230623/swiss-museum-probes-king-of-clowns-nazi-links Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:15:40 +0200 swiss-museum-probes-king-of-clowns-nazi-links Two paintings owned by the University of Zurich have been returned to the heirs of a Berlin publisher after they were found to have been looted by the Nazis in 1933. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160427/zurich-uni-returns-artworks-stolen-by-nazis Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:35:37 +0200 zurich-uni-returns-artworks-stolen-by-nazis How to define Nazi-era "loot" is central to what could prove a touchy book, launched on Tuesday, about the controversy surrounding one of Europe's most prestigious private art collections that will soon go on show at leading Swiss museum the Kunsthaus in Zurich. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150825/new-book-questions-zurich-art-exhibition Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:57:21 +0200 new-book-questions-zurich-art-exhibition