1949: Field-Marshal Montgomery in Mürren

Receiving a welcome in Mürren.

(FWS 4.2.1949)

Quaderni di Dodis

Jonas Hirschi: Der unsichtbare Dienst. Geschichte des diplomatischen Protokolls der Schweiz 1946–1990

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Dodis Movie

“As so many products, so in this series of diplomatic documents, ‘made in Switzerland’ means high quality.”

The English Historical Review

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10. March 2021

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Learn Dodis Day 2021

Die Forschungsstelle Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz (Dodis) lädt im Rahmen ihrer wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchsförderung zum Learn Dodis Day 2021.

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e-Dossier: Stalin's death – The View of the Swiss diplomats

Am 5. März 1953 verstarb der Sowjet-Diktator Josip Stalin

«A couple of stout Soviets carried our very heavy, and for that matter very beautiful crown. The words “Swiss Federal Council”, written in golden letters, adorned it’s red and white ribbon. I walked behind them with my wife and party», as the Swiss emissary Camille Gorgé's states in his report to Bern, from 10 March 1953 (dodis.ch/9028, original in French).