Two poems from "Rapid Action"
Two poems: im namem dem demokratie by Peter Fahr and Die kurzen und die langen Beine by Zsuzsanna Gahse. These poems are extracted from a publication the Swiss German...
Swiss writers supporting Sarajevo
Press release by the Swiss German Centre titled Kulturbrücke nach Sarajevo (Cultural Bridge to Sarajevo), 14 February 1994, f. 1. This press release sought to gather 2,000 signatures to...
Literary call out to protest Iraq War
Electronically typed letter from Peter K. Wehrli to members of the Swiss German Centre, Zurich, 23 March 2003, f. 1. In this letter Wehrli, Board member of the Swiss...
Traber's speech on Ken Saro-Wiwa
Typed draft of a text by Barbara Traber titled Text, den ich ungefãhr so an der ETH (vorlas schnell im Zug entworfen), which translates to "Text that I read...
Imprisonment of Václav Havel
Typed press release by the Swiss German Centre titled "Schweizer Schriftsteller und Schriftstellerinnen fordern die Freilassung von Vaclav Havel", 20 January 1989, Zurich, f. 1. This press release contains...
Disappearance of Václav Havel
Typed press release by Hans Erpf for Swiss German Centre titled "Wo Ist Vaclav Havel?", Bern, 8 April 1989, f. 1. In this press release Hans Erpf, general secretary...
Writers in Prison Day Event at the Literaturhaus
Flyer for the Swiss German Centre's annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer event held at the Literaturhaus Zürich on 12 November 2008. The title of this event was lrak...
Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck's press release on Women's Day 2000
Typed press release by Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck titled "Aktion des Internationalen und des Deutschschweizerischen PEN zum Frauentag", created for the Swiss German Centre on International Women's Day, 8 March 2000,...
Uncensored Voices by Eritrean writers in exile
Front cover of Mekonnen, Daniel R., Tedros Abraham and Abraham T. Zere. Uncensored Voices. Essays, Poems and Art Works by Exiled Eritreans. Wien: Löcker Erhard Verlag, 2018. This book...
Swiss German Centre's first General Assembly
Typed minutes of the first General Assembly held by the Swiss German Centre, Bern, 27 October 1979, f. 1. Points noted in these minutes include the proposed merge of...
Swiss PEN Centre's Anthology
Front and title page of DeutschSchweizer PEN Zentrum, Centre PEN Suisse Romand, PEN della Svizerra Italiana e Retoromancia, ed. P.E.N. - Anthology. 1998. This anthology was co-edited by the...
Die Holocaust-Travestie by Daniel Ganzfried
Front and back cover of Ganzfried, Daniel ... alias Wilkomirski. Die Holocaust-Travestie. Edited by Sebastian Hefti. Berlin: Jüdische Verlagsanstalt Berlin, 2002. This book was commissioned by the Swiss German...
A Walk in the Prison Yard translated by Barbara Traber
Electronic copy of A Walk in the Prison Yard (Ein Spaziergang im Gefängnishof) by Ken Saro-Wiwa and translated into German by Barbara Traber, secretary general of the Swiss German...