1959: Für ein Weltparlament

Petitpierre hält Ansprache an der Tagung der Vereinigung für ein Weltparlament in Bern

(FWS 2.10.1959)

Quaderni di Dodis

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

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Dodis Movie

“As always in this series of Swiss diplomatic documents […], the editors have set themselves the highest possible standards. […] It cannot have been easy to agree so drastic a selection, the reader must be grateful to the editors.”

The English Historical Review

Dodis Map

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.