Author: Bretscher, Willy [1897-1992] ; & Steinmann, E. :
Title: Die sozialistische Bewegung in der Schweiz 1848-1920
Description: Bern, Buchdruckerei Gottfr. Iseli, 1923. orig. wrappers. 20x13cm, 160 pages. Cover edges browned.. Worn. Spine sloped, chipped & torn. Good. ¶ Full title reads: "Die sozialistische Bewegung in der Schweiz 1848-1920. 1.Geschichte des schweizerischen Sozialismus bis zum Weltkrieg. : Von einem Sozialpolitiker. 2. Wandlungen der schweizerischen Sozialdemokratie 1914- 1920. Von W. Bretscher. Herausgegeben von W. Bretscher und E. Steinmann". [ " Bretscher...Swiss editor, from 1933 to 1967, of Neue Zürcher Zeitung...began his career in journalism in 1914 on the Neues Winterthure Tagblatt, which he left in 1917 to join the NZZ. He served as the paper’s Berlin correspondent from 1925 to 1929. Bretscher became known in the 1930s for his opposition to Nazism and other forms of totalitarianism, his dedication to objectivity, and his courage. The Hitler government banned the NZZ from Nazi Germany in 1934 after the paper revealed that Nazis, not communists, had burned the Reichstag, the German parliament building in Berlin. Bretscher later took stands against communism and some forms of socialism...." - Britannica website].

Keywords: Switzerland, Socialism, Socialist, Labor Labour, Political History, Politics, , ,