Foundation for Contemporary Jewish History
“«The Foundation for Contemporary Jewish History at ETH Zurich ... supports the establishment and promotion of a documentation center on contemporary Jewish history in the Archives of Contemporary History of the Institute of History at ETH Zurich.»”Purpose of the Foundation
Activity
The Foundation, established in 1996, supports efforts to secure historically relevant sources on contemporary Jewish-Swiss history and to make them accessible for use.
Fundamental to this is the cooperation with the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG) in the archival field.
Jacques Picard (r.) on the occasion of his election as president of the foundation board on December 3, 2019, together with his predecessor René Braginsky and Ursula Gut-Winterberger, president of the foundation Archives of Contemporary History.
Foundation Board
- Jacques Picard (president)
- Zsolt Balkanyi-Guery
- André Bollag
- David Gugerli
- Nadia Guth Biasini
- Ralph Lewin
- Karen Roth-Krauthammer (vice president)
- Gregor Spuhler