Simon and Hildegard Rothschild foundation

“«The Simon and Hildegard Rothschild Foundation supports the Archives of Contemporary History at ETH Zurich and promotes its research activities on Jewish and Swiss contemporary history.»”
Purpose of the foundation

Activity

The Foundation supports the preservation and indexing of source holdings on Jewish and general Swiss contemporary history.

It promotes research in the Archives of Contemporary History that serves the evaluation of source holdings in the field of contemporary Jewish history.

In addition, the Foundation may make contributions to other institutions in Switzerland with the same or similar teaching and research activities.

Photo of Simon and Hildegard Rothschild
Simon and Hildegard Rothschild.

Foundation Board

  • Jacqueline Rothschild (president)
  • Edgar Rothschild
  • Gregor Spuhler (vice president)
  • Herbert Winter

Contact & Info

Gregor Spuhler
Head of Archives
  • +41 44 632 36 44
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