1959: Berlinkonferenz

Konferenzsaal während Viermächte Aussenminister-Konferenz anlässlich der Berlinkrise

(FWS 15.5.1959)

Quaderni di Dodis

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

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“It is as always a pleasure to compliment the editors and publishers on the handsome type-face, the useful summaries and appendices which make the Documents diplomatiques suisses so agreeable to use.”

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: Kennedy's assassination in 1963

Minutes before the assassination: John F. Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline and the Governor of Texas in the convertible presidential limousine.

On November 22, 1963, the U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Precisely when the news reached Bern, a dinner-reception was being held by Federal Councillor Hans Schaffner in honour of W. Michael Blumenthal, Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations of the U.S. Department of State.