Archives in Switzerland.

[Jaap Woortman]

In Switzerland you can find several archives with files about the Second World War. First you have the Swiss Federal Archive. The address is:
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Archivstrasse 27
CH-3003 Bern
Switzerland
Phone : 031/322 89 89
Fax : 031/322 78 23
E-mail: Bundesarchiv@bar.admin.ch
URL : www.admin.ch/bar/
In "Datenbanken" you will find under "Diplomatische Dokumenten" a survey of publications and under "Repertorium der handschriftlichen Nachlässe" a survey of local archives of all the towns and villages in Switzerland. In "Elektronische Findmittel" you can find several ways of looking for the files. The available languages are french/italian and english.

A second important archive is the:
Archiv für Zeitgeschichte
Hirschengraben 62
8001 Zürich
Switzerland
Phone : 01/632 40 03
Fax : 01/632 13 92
E-mail: afz@history.gess.ethz.ch
URL : www.afz.ethz.ch/
The location of the archive a few minutes by foot from the Central Railway Station.

Jaap