40 years of DDS – 20 years of Dodis
2015 truly is the «ultimate year of jubilees»: In April, the research group of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland celebrated the 20th anniversary of the data base Dodis and, on June 7, the research project of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland turned 40!
e-Dossier: The end of World War II. in Europe
The words «church bells herald the end of the hostilities» marked the beginning of President of the Confederation Eduard von Steiger’s speech on May 8 1945: «The excruciating agony of the war-ridden people is coming to an end». In a more confidential setting a few days later, the Foreign Minister Max Petitpierre expressed mixed feelings.
Happy Birthday: Dodis turns 20!
Today, everyday life without the Internet is hardly conceivable. In 1995, however, not even half a percent of the world’s population was using the World Wide Web. Twenty years ago, on March 11, 1995, when the world was constituted in such a manner, the first document was integrated in the Dodis database. Thus, Dodis celebrates its 20th birthday today.
Dodis@Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon 2015
On February 27 and 28, the first Cultural Hackathon of Switzerland was held at the Swiss National Library. The DDS are pleased with the interest in their data and would like to thank all who have participated in this project.
Positive evaluation of the DDS
Commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAHS), the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland (DDS) were thoroughly evaluated by an external authority in 2014. The evaluation fully confirmed the positive developments of the last few years, especially attesting a «high frequency of book publishing», a «high quality» of the DDS products, «high standardization» and...
e-Dossier: Gründung der EFTA 1960
Am 4. Januar 1960 wurde durch die Unterzeichnung der Stockholmer Konvention die Europäische Freihandelsassoziation (EFTA) gegründet. In Kraft trat das Übereinkommen am 3. Mai 1960. Die Schweiz war neben Dänemark, Grossbritannien, Norwegen, Österreich, Portugal und Schweden eines der sieben Gründungsmitglieder. Ausschlaggebend für die Schaffung der EFTA waren das Nichtzustandekommen einer grossen Freihandelszone in Westeuropa und die Gründung der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft EWG in Rom 1957 gewesen.
Launch of volume 4 of the Quaderni di Dodis
On October 30, 2014 the launch of the latest volume of the Quaderni di Dodis, the academic journal of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland, will take place at the Federal Archives in Bern. The Historian Bernd Haunfelder publishes in volume 4 of the Quaderni di Dodis the political reporting of the Swiss representation in Vienna from 1938 to 1955.
75 years since the outbreak of World War II
«In the past few days, the foreign policy situation has escalated to the point that it seems a matter of urgent necessity to entrust the security of our boarders and the protection of our neutrality to the army». This statement was pronounced during the Federal Council's 1st September 1939 morning session, as part of its decision on mobilisation.
e-Dossier: Migrationsabkommen mit Italien
«Man hat Arbeitskräfte gerufen, und es kommen Menschen», heisst das berühmte Diktum von Max Frisch aus dem Jahr 1965. Ganz ähnlich lauteten die Zeilen, die Bundesrat Hans Schaffner bereits 1964 an einen seiner Chefbeamten richtete: «Die Schweizer machen sich eben kolossale Illusionen, wenn sie glauben, wir könnten auf die Dauer nur die aktive, im Berufsleben stehende Bevölkerung des Nachbarstaates hereinnehmen.»
Storie della diplomazia svizzera
«Storie della diplomazia svizzera» ist eine Serie, welche die Forschungsstelle der DDS zusammen mit Radiotelevisione Svizzera RSI realisiert hat. Die zehn Radiosendungen greifen zeitgeschichtliche Themen der nationalen und internationalen Politik auf und illustrieren diese mit Dokumenten aus der Online-Datenbank Dodis.
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