10.15463/ie1418.11239
Ziegler, Béatrice
Pädagogische Hochschule Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz and University of Zurich, Switzerland
Island of Peace (Switzerland)
Island of Peace (Switzerland)
BSB - Bavarian State Library
2018
ArticleArtikel
Schweiz
Neutraler Staat
Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
World War, 1914-1918--Switzerland
Neutrality
Daniel, Ute
Gatrell, Peter
Janz, Oliver
Jones, Heather
Keene, Jennifer
Kramer, Alan
Nasson, Bill
Apostolopoulos, Nicolas
Janz, Oliver
Horstkemper, Gregor
1914
1914/1918
eng
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During World War I, the idea of Switzerland as a peaceful island was created and propagated by many means, for example postcards. After the end of the war, this metaphor gained the status of a myth, when it was linked to the idea of self-chosen neutrality and military-based independence and placed within the country’s so-called humanitarian tradition. Historians integrated this myth into the dominant narrative about Switzerland in World War I, which obscured the huge commercial and services exchange as well as the overwhelming political dependency on foreign powers during the war.
1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Switzerland
Switzerland