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{{Short description|83rd President of the Swiss Confederation}}
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| name = Kaspar Villiger
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| order = [[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Member of the Swiss Federal Council]]
| term_start = 1 February 1989
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| order = [[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Member of the Swiss Federal Council]]
| term_end = 31 December 2003
| predecessor = [[Elisabeth Kopp]]
| term_start = 1 February 1989
| successor = [[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]
| term_end = 31 December 2003
| order2 = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]]
| predecessor = [[Elisabeth Kopp]]
| successor = [[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]
| term_start2 = 1 January 1995
| order2 = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]]
| term_end2 = 31 December 1995
| term_start2 = 1 January 1995
| vicepresident2 = [[Jean-Pascal Delamuraz]]
| term_end2 = 31 December 1995
| predecessor2 = [[Otto Stich]]
| successor2 = [[Jean-Pascal Delamuraz]]
| vicepresident2 = Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
| predecessor2 = [[Otto Stich]]
| term_start3 = 1 January 2002
| successor2 = [[Jean-Pascal Delamuraz]]
| term_end3 = 31 December 2002
| term_start3 = 1 January 2002
| vicepresident3 = [[Pascal Couchepin]]
| term_end3 = 31 December 2002
| predecessor3 = [[Moritz Leuenberger]]
| successor3 = [[Pascal Couchepin]]
| vicepresident3 = Pascal Couchepin
| order4 = [[Military of Switzerland|Minister of the Military]]
| predecessor3 = [[Moritz Leuenberger]]
| successor3 = [[Pascal Couchepin]]
| term_start4 = 1 February 1989
| order4 = [[Military of Switzerland|Minister of the Military]]
| term_end4 = 31 December 1995
| term_start4 = 1 February 1989
| predecessor4 = [[Arnold Koller]]
| successor4 = [[Adolf Ogi]]
| term_end4 = 31 December 1995
| order5 = [[Federal Department of Finance|Minister of Finance]]
| predecessor4 = [[Arnold Koller]]
| successor4 = [[Adolf Ogi]]
| term_start5 = 1 January 1996
| order5 = [[Federal Department of Finance|Minister of Finance]]
| term_end5 = 31 December 2003
| term_start5 = 1 January 1996
| predecessor5 = [[Otto Stich]]
| successor5 = [[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]
| term_end5 = 31 December 2003
| order6 = Vice President of Switzerland
| predecessor5 = [[Otto Stich]]
| successor5 = [[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]
| term_start6 = 1 January 2001
| order6 = 4th Vice President of Switzerland
| term_end6 = 31 December 2001
| president6 = [[Moritz Leuenberger]]
| term_start6 = 1 January 2001
| term_end6 = 31 December 2001
| predecessor6 = [[Moritz Leuenberger]]
| successor6 = [[Pascal Couchepin]]
| president6 = [[Moritz Leuenberger]]
| predecessor6 = [[Moritz Leuenberger]]
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| successor6 = [[Pascal Couchepin]]
| birth_place = [[Pfeffikon]], [[Canton of Lucerne|Lucerne]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|2|5|df=y}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Pfeffikon]], [[Canton of Lucerne|Lucerne]], Switzerland
| death_place =
| children = 2
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| death_place =
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| profession = [[Mechanical engineer]]
| party = [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]]
| alma_mater = [[Old Cantonal School Aarau]]<br>[[ETH Zurich]]
| profession = [[Mechanical engineer]]
| party = [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Vera Preisig<br>|1973}}
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{{Refimprove|article|date=November 2007}}
'''Kaspar Villiger''' (pronounced Caspar Feeleeger) (born 5 February 1941) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] businessman, politician and former member of the [[Swiss Federal Council]] (1989–2003).


'''Kaspar Villiger'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaspar Villiger in Muri b. Bern - Auskünfte |url=http://www.moneyhouse.ch/de/person/villiger-kaspar-205114843301 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Moneyhouse |language=de}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|f|iː|l|ɪ|ɡ|ɛ|r}}{{Respell|FEELIGER}}; born 5 February 1941) is a Swiss businessman, former tobacco manufacturer and politician. He served as a member of the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)]] since 1 February 1989 for [[The Liberals (Switzerland)|The Liberals]]. Villiger served two terms as [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] in 1995 and again in 2002. He previously served on the [[Council of States (Switzerland)]] from 1987 to 1989 and on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1982 to 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ratsmitglied ansehen |url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/kaspar-villiger/429 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.parlament.ch}}</ref>
== Political career ==

On February 1, 1989, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council. He is affiliated to the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]] (Liberals).
Villiger was best known for his involvement into the [[Swissair|Swissair bankruptcy]] in 2001, when he was among the members of the rescue plan task force, which ultimately failed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2001-11-19 |title=Swissair Rescue Plan Approved |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-19-fi-5869-story.html |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Task force to devise emergency rescue plan for Swissair |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/task-force-to-devise-emergency-rescue-plan-for-swissair/2266238 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |date=24 September 2001 |language=en}}</ref> Between 2009 and 2012, Villiger was appointed chairman of [[UBS]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bruppacher |first1=Balz |last2=Press |first2=The Associated |date=2009-03-04 |title=UBS taps former Swiss president as new chairman |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-eu-switzerland-ubs-chairman-030409-2009mar04-story.html |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-15 |title=Kaspar Villiger tritt vorzeitig zurück |url=https://www.20min.ch/story/kaspar-villiger-tritt-vorzeitig-zurueck-752443144890 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=20 Minuten |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Bloomberg |date=2009-03-05 |title=UBS Picks Former Swiss Finance Minister as Chairman |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/business/worldbusiness/05ubs.html |access-date=2023-03-25 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He has also served on the board of directors at [[Nestlé]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Tagesschau - Villiger ist Nestlé Verwaltungsrat - Play SRF |url=https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/tagesschau/video/villiger-ist-nestle-verwaltungsrat?urn=urn:srf:video:9e6d8646-c115-4ce8-8c81-5a57fc3bfebc |access-date=2023-03-25 |language=de}}</ref> [[Swiss Re]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=uhg. |title=Kaspar Villiger wird Swiss-Re-Verwaltungsrat {{!}} NZZ |language=de-CH |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |url=https://www.nzz.ch/newzzDPF0918U-12-ld.286166?reduced=true |access-date=2023-03-25}}</ref> and [[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2004-02-05 |title=Kaspar Villiger soll wieder in NZZ-Verwaltungsrat |url=https://www.werbewoche.ch/de/werbung/2004-02-05/kaspar-villiger-soll-wieder-in-nzz-verwaltungsrat/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Werbewoche m&k |language=de-DE}}</ref> He currently is the chairman of the UBS Foundation of Economics in Society, which invested 100 million Swiss Francs in the Department of Economics at the [[University of Zurich|University of Zürich]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/about.html |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.ubscenter.uzh.ch |language=en}}</ref> He was a founding member of the [[Global Leadership Foundation]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaspar Villiger {{!}} Global Leadership Foundation |url=https://www.g-l-f.org/who-we-are/glf-members-listed-by-region/kaspar-villiger/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Villiger was born 5 February 1941 in [[Pfeffikon|Pfeffikon, Switzerland]] to Max and Dory (née Heiz) Villiger. He was the grandson of Jean Villiger (1860–1902),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Villiger |url=https://www.casadelpuro.de/en/villiger/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Casa del Puro |language=en}}</ref> who founded the tobacco manufacturing concern [[Villiger Sons]] in 1888. He has one elder brother, Heinrich (born 1930),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Magazine |url=https://tobaccobusiness.com/official-magazine/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Tobacco Business Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and sister Monika (born 1936).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/new-villiger-cigar-celebrates-key-anniversary-211008/?format=pdf |access-date=26 April 2023|website=moodiedavittreport.com|title=New Villiger cigar celebrates key anniversary|date=21 October 2008}}</ref>

He was raised in [[Pfeffikon]] and completed his [[Matura]] in [[Aarau]]. He then studied [[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical Engineering]] at the [[Swiss Federal Institute of Technology]] in [[Zürich]] graduating in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ETHistory - Kaspar Villiger |url=https://www.ethistory.ethz.ch/rueckblicke/hochschulgremien/alumni/weitere_seiten/4.12_villiger/popupfriendly/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.ethistory.ethz.ch}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 1966, he entered the family business, after the sudden death of his father Max Villiger (1897–1966) alongside his elder brother [[Heinrich Villiger]], who was responsible for the [[Germany|German market]] and his sister Monika Villiger, who was export director. He integrated bicycle manufacturer ''Kalt'' in [[Buttisholz]] and developed it under the new ''Villiger'' name. Villiger was also the vice president of the ''Chamber of Commerce of Central Switzerland'', several years a member on the board committee of the ''Association of Employers in Central Switzerland'' and vice president of the ''Argovian Chamber of Industry and Commerce''.

In 2004, he became member of the board of directors of [[Nestlé]] and [[Swiss Re]]. On 15 April 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Swiss banking giant [[UBS]], holding this post until 3 May 2012.<ref>[http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/wirtschaft/aktuell/ubs-praesident_kurer_wird_durch_kaspar_villiger_abgeloest_1.2137949.html Kaspar Villiger wird neuer UBS-Verwaltungsratspräsident], [[NZZ]] Online, 4 March 2009</ref> His successor was [[Axel A. Weber]].

== Politics ==
On 1 February 1989, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council. He is affiliated to the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]] (Liberals).


During his time in office he headed the following departments:
During his time in office he headed the following departments:
* [[Federal Military Department]] (1989 – 1995)
* [[Federal Military Department]] (1989 – 1995)
* [[Federal Department of Finance]] (1996 – 2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/karin-keller-sutter/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html|title=Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/innen|first=Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement|last=EFD|website=www.efd.admin.ch|accessdate=26 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[Federal Department of Finance]] (1996 – 2003)
He was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] twice, in 1995 and again in 2002.
He was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] twice, in 1995 and again in 2002.

In 1995 Kaspar Villiger apologized on occasion of an official visit by Dan Culler who was an internee in the [[Wauwilermoos internment camp]] during World War II. Dwight Mears, a U.S. Army officer, covered the apology in his 2012 PhD thesis on the American internees in Switzerland.<ref name="srf-20150907">{{cite web|url=http://www.srf.ch/kultur/im-fokus/der-archivar/abgeschossen-von-der-neutralen-schweiz|title=Abgeschossen von der neutralen Schweiz|publisher=[[Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen]] SRF|author=Franz Kasperski|language=de|date=2015-09-07|access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref><ref name="erzwungenelandung">{{cite web|url=http://climage.ch/en/movies/forced-landing/|title=Forced Landing|publisher=climage.ch|access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref><ref name="schweizaktuell-20151023">{{cite web|url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/schweiz-aktuell/massen-dna-test-jubilaeum-paraplegiker-zentrum|title=Gedenkstein für Internierten-Straflager|publisher=[[Schweiz aktuell]]|language=de|date=2015-10-23|access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref><ref name="swissinfo-danculler">{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/belated-honour_pow-medal-recognises-us-aviators--suffering/34959126|title=POW medal recognises US aviators' suffering|publisher=[[swissinfo]]|author=Olivier Grivat|date=2013-02-11|access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref>


In September 2003, he announced he was to resign on 31 December 2003.
In September 2003, he announced he was to resign on 31 December 2003.

== Business career ==
In 2004, he became member of the board of directors of [[Nestlé]] and [[Swiss Re]].

On 15 April 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Swiss banking giant [[UBS]], holding this post until 3 May 2012.<ref>[http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/wirtschaft/aktuell/ubs-praesident_kurer_wird_durch_kaspar_villiger_abgeloest_1.2137949.html Kaspar Villiger wird neuer UBS-Verwaltungsratspräsident], [[NZZ]] Online, 4 March 2009</ref> His successor was [[Axel A. Weber]].


== Other activities ==
== Other activities ==


Kaspar Villiger is a Member of the [[Global Leadership Foundation]], an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today’s national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organization composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with Heads of Government on governance-related issues of concern to them.
Kaspar Villiger is a Member of the [[Global Leadership Foundation]], an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today's national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organization composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with Heads of Government on governance-related issues of concern to them.


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://databot.ch/Kaspar-Villiger-Sins-Pfeffikon-P362528.html Business activities of Kaspar Villiger], databot.ch
* [http://databot.ch/Kaspar-Villiger-Sins-Pfeffikon-P362528.html Business activities of Kaspar Villiger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120171604/http://databot.ch/Kaspar-Villiger-Sins-Pfeffikon-P362528.html |date=20 January 2013 }}, databot.ch


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Latest revision as of 01:51, 10 May 2024

Kaspar Villiger
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office
1 February 1989 – 31 December 2003
Preceded byElisabeth Kopp
Succeeded byHans-Rudolf Merz
President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 1995 – 31 December 1995
Vice PresidentJean-Pascal Delamuraz
Preceded byOtto Stich
Succeeded byJean-Pascal Delamuraz
In office
1 January 2002 – 31 December 2002
Vice PresidentPascal Couchepin
Preceded byMoritz Leuenberger
Succeeded byPascal Couchepin
Minister of the Military
In office
1 February 1989 – 31 December 1995
Preceded byArnold Koller
Succeeded byAdolf Ogi
Minister of Finance
In office
1 January 1996 – 31 December 2003
Preceded byOtto Stich
Succeeded byHans-Rudolf Merz
4th Vice President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2001 – 31 December 2001
PresidentMoritz Leuenberger
Preceded byMoritz Leuenberger
Succeeded byPascal Couchepin
Personal details
Born (1941-02-05) 5 February 1941 (age 83)
Pfeffikon, Lucerne, Switzerland
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Spouse
Vera Preisig
​
​
(m. 1973)​
Children2
Alma materOld Cantonal School Aarau
ETH Zurich
ProfessionMechanical engineer

Kaspar Villiger[1] (/fiːlɪɡɛr/FEELIGER; born 5 February 1941) is a Swiss businessman, former tobacco manufacturer and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) since 1 February 1989 for The Liberals. Villiger served two terms as President of the Swiss Confederation in 1995 and again in 2002. He previously served on the Council of States (Switzerland) from 1987 to 1989 and on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1982 to 1987.[2]

Villiger was best known for his involvement into the Swissair bankruptcy in 2001, when he was among the members of the rescue plan task force, which ultimately failed.[3][4] Between 2009 and 2012, Villiger was appointed chairman of UBS.[5][6][7] He has also served on the board of directors at Nestlé,[8] Swiss Re[9] and Neue Zürcher Zeitung.[10] He currently is the chairman of the UBS Foundation of Economics in Society, which invested 100 million Swiss Francs in the Department of Economics at the University of Zürich.[11] He was a founding member of the Global Leadership Foundation in 2004.[12]

Early life and education[edit]

Villiger was born 5 February 1941 in Pfeffikon, Switzerland to Max and Dory (née Heiz) Villiger. He was the grandson of Jean Villiger (1860–1902),[13] who founded the tobacco manufacturing concern Villiger Sons in 1888. He has one elder brother, Heinrich (born 1930),[14] and sister Monika (born 1936).[15]

He was raised in Pfeffikon and completed his Matura in Aarau. He then studied Mechanical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich graduating in 1965.[16]

Career[edit]

In 1966, he entered the family business, after the sudden death of his father Max Villiger (1897–1966) alongside his elder brother Heinrich Villiger, who was responsible for the German market and his sister Monika Villiger, who was export director. He integrated bicycle manufacturer Kalt in Buttisholz and developed it under the new Villiger name. Villiger was also the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of Central Switzerland, several years a member on the board committee of the Association of Employers in Central Switzerland and vice president of the Argovian Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

In 2004, he became member of the board of directors of Nestlé and Swiss Re. On 15 April 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Swiss banking giant UBS, holding this post until 3 May 2012.[17] His successor was Axel A. Weber.

Politics[edit]

On 1 February 1989, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council. He is affiliated to the Free Democratic Party (Liberals).

During his time in office he headed the following departments:

He was President of the Confederation twice, in 1995 and again in 2002.

In 1995 Kaspar Villiger apologized on occasion of an official visit by Dan Culler who was an internee in the Wauwilermoos internment camp during World War II. Dwight Mears, a U.S. Army officer, covered the apology in his 2012 PhD thesis on the American internees in Switzerland.[19][20][21][22]

In September 2003, he announced he was to resign on 31 December 2003.

Other activities[edit]

Kaspar Villiger is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today's national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organization composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with Heads of Government on governance-related issues of concern to them.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kaspar Villiger in Muri b. Bern - Auskünfte". Moneyhouse (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (19 November 2001). "Swissair Rescue Plan Approved". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Task force to devise emergency rescue plan for Swissair". SWI swissinfo.ch. 24 September 2001. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ Bruppacher, Balz; Press, The Associated (4 March 2009). "UBS taps former Swiss president as new chairman". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Kaspar Villiger tritt vorzeitig zurück". 20 Minuten (in German). 15 November 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ^ "UBS Picks Former Swiss Finance Minister as Chairman". The New York Times. Bloomberg. 5 March 2009. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  8. ^ Tagesschau - Villiger ist Nestlé Verwaltungsrat - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 25 March 2023
  9. ^ uhg. "Kaspar Villiger wird Swiss-Re-Verwaltungsrat | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  10. ^ admin (5 February 2004). "Kaspar Villiger soll wieder in NZZ-Verwaltungsrat". Werbewoche m&k (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  11. ^ "About". www.ubscenter.uzh.ch. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Kaspar Villiger | Global Leadership Foundation". Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Villiger". Casa del Puro. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Official Magazine". Tobacco Business Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  15. ^ "New Villiger cigar celebrates key anniversary". moodiedavittreport.com. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  16. ^ "ETHistory - Kaspar Villiger". www.ethistory.ethz.ch. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  17. ^ Kaspar Villiger wird neuer UBS-Verwaltungsratspräsident, NZZ Online, 4 March 2009
  18. ^ EFD, Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement. "Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/innen". www.efd.admin.ch. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  19. ^ Franz Kasperski (7 September 2015). "Abgeschossen von der neutralen Schweiz" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Forced Landing". climage.ch. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Gedenkstein für Internierten-Straflager" (in German). Schweiz aktuell. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  22. ^ Olivier Grivat (11 February 2013). "POW medal recognises US aviators' suffering". swissinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

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