Willy Bretscher This is Me

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1. 1. Willy Bretscher, Switzerland (1897-1992) - Hall of Freedom - Politics - Liberalism

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   Willy Bretscher, Switzerland (1897-1992)
   
   Willy Bretscher began his newspaper career as a secretary for the newspaper "Winterthurer Tagblat"His ambition was to write poetry and subsequently he wrote for several magazines and newspapers. Bretscher got a job with the Liberal newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung in January 1917 and worked his way up to become the Berlin correspondent in 1925.
   
   Bretscher opposed Socialists who he felt were too close to Communists, and as Berlin correspondent he witnessed at first hand the problems of Weimar and the emergence of National Socialism. In 1933 Bretscher was made Editor in Chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, a post he held until 1967.

2. 2. Liberal International: The Hall of Freedom

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   Published on: 10/18/2000   Last Visited: 7/11/2002

   Willy Bretscher began his newspaper career as a secretary for the newspaper "Winterthurer Tagblat"His ambition was to write poetry and subsequently he wrote for several magazines and newspapers. Bretscher got a job with the Liberal newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung in January 1917 and worked his way up to become the Berlin correspondent in 1925. Bretscher opposed Socialists who he felt were too close to Communists, and as Berlin correspondent he witnessed at first hand the problems of Weimar and the emergence of National Socialism. In 1933 Bretscher was made Editor in Chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, a post he held until 1967. Bretscher's Liberal beliefs led him to play an important role in the early development of Liberal International.
   
   Alexander DUBCEK, Czechoslovakia (1921-1992)
   
   Czechoslovakian statesman, born in Uhrovek, Slovak Republic. He joined the Communist Party in 1939, and fought as a Slovak patriot against the Nazis (1944-5).

3. 3. Chapter 1

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   Published on: 3/4/2001   Last Visited: 9/1/2002

   A great admirer of the fascists and their leader, Fonjallaz wrote a popular biography of Mussolini in 1937 entitled, Enérgie et Volonté (Drive and Will).
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   Spokesmen for the signatories had met earlier with Pilet and other persons and groups additionally demanding the removal of Dr. Johannes Baumann as Minister of Justice and Police, the restriction of the right of asylum by refugees in Switzerland and the removal of key newspaper editors (e.g. Willy Bretscher of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and Dr. Albert Oeri of the Basler Nachrichten).