Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people voluntarily cooperate and participate. Furthermore, democracy begins at home, that is, it starts best in small communities such as villages and towns, where the people are mostly acquainted with one another personally, as is largely the case in that land of most vigorous and long standing true democracy, Switzerland...
...rumble of gunfire was heard in Switzerland. The Fighting French, in contact with French underground workers, reported 500 Germans killed throughout France last week. Saboteurs blew up a troop train near Dijon, killed 250. In Lyon a German detachment was ambushed and scattered with hand grenades. Bombs killed 23 Nazi officers at a Lille cafe. For the fifth time since 1941, an unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate the arch-collaborationist Marcel...
Married. Prince Franz Josef II, 36, ruler of the half-pint-sized (65 sq. mi.) peaceful Principality of Liechtenstein, between onetime Austria and Switzerland; and Countess Gina Wilczek, 21, granddaughter of the late Viennese Count Hans Wilczek; in Vaduz, Liechtenstein...
...recognized as the world's blindfold champion since 1934 when he played 34 opponents at a time without losing a game. The match lasted 13½ hours with time out only for meals. A feat he considers even more difficult was a series of exhibitions he undertook in Switzerland seven years ago. He played ten-game matches in 26 different cities on 26 consecutive days. In each contest he won more than a majority of the games...
Saving any of them would be a monumental task; saving all was probably impossible. The most likely method, for which some plans had been made, was the exchange of Jews for war prisoners through neutral countries (Switzerland and Sweden have established colonies for Jewish refugees). It was a task which the United Nations could not in conscience ignore. Said the Congress...