Press Releases

Press releases of the Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland – Second World War

  • Introductory speech by Jean-François Bergier at the press conference of
    22nd March 2002

    Declaration of the Federal Council on the occasion of the publication of the final report of the "Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland – Second World War"
    (22nd March 2002)

  • Announcement of last press conference on 22 March 2002
    [German][French]

  • ICE press release on the end of the ICE mandate of 19th December 2001 [German] [French]

    Federal Council press release on the end of the ICE mandate of 18th December 2001 [German] [French] [Italian]

  • ICE statement on the Federal Council decree about safekeeping of ICE files
    (3rd July 2001) [German] [French]

    Federal Council press release on the decree about safekeeping of ICE files
    (3rd July 2001) [French] [German] [Italian]

  • ICE statement on the article published in the Facts magazine of 14th June 2001 (14th June 2001) [German] [French]

  • Myrtha Welti becomes new Secretary General of the ICE
    (29th March 2001) [German] [French]

  • L. von Castelmur leaves the ICE
    (20th March 2001) [German] [French]

  • Publication of the supplementary report: Roma, Sinti, und Jenische. Schweizerische Zigeunerpolitik zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus
    (1st December 2000) [German] [French]

  • Decease of Sybil Milton
    (19th October 2000) [German] [French]

  • «Switzerland and Refugees in the Nazi era» - key findings
    (10th December 1999)

  • L. von Castelmur continues being Secretary General of the ICE and accepts more responsibility
    (6th May 1999) [German] [French]

  • Homepage ICE
    (22nd June 1998)

  • Press release 25th Mai 1998
  • Interim report on the gold transactions - Postponement of media briefing (30th March 1998)

  • Gold transactions during Second World War
    (1st December 1997) [German] [French]

  • Commission's contribution to the London Gold Conference of
    2–4 December 1997 (27th November 1997) [German] [French]

  • Announcement of the Press Meeting of 29th October 1997

  • Obligation to safekeeping of files
    (16th October 1997) [German] [French]

  • The Independent Commission of Experts receives testimonies
    (14th August 1997)

  • Jean-François Bergier does not ask for the renewal of his mandateas a member of thr UBS Jubilee Foundation
    (17th June 1997)

  • Stocktaking in private archives
    (29th May 1997) [German] [French]

  • Collaborator of the ICE take up thier work
    (2nd May 1997) [German] [French]

  • Employment of 24 collaborators for the research team
    (15th April 1997) [German] [French]

  • First plenary meeting of the ICE of 6–8 March 1997
    (8th March 1997) [German] [French]

  • Nomination of the Commission Secretary
    (30th January 1997)

  • Prohibition to Destroy Files
    (29th January 1997)