World War Two

World War Two

Swiss village to be evacuated for ten years over explosion fears

Residents of a Swiss village have been told they may have to leave their homes for over a decade while a nearby World War II munitions store is cleared out.

History

Zurich residents evacuated after gardeners find WW2 bomb

Residents in Zurich’s Küsnacht district were evacuated on Tuesday after an unexploded bomb turned up during gardening works near an old people’s home.

World War Two

World War Two explosives found in Bern apartment block

The Swiss army was called to an apartment block in Bern on Wednesday after two World War Two grenades were found in the loft.

Military

Swiss WW2 biplane found in Lake Lucerne

Divers have discovered the wreck of a long-missing World War Two biplane at the bottom of Lake Lucerne.

World War Two

Red Cross transfers war archive to Germans

The Geneva-based Red Cross says it is handing over to German authorities a huge archive of people who were persecuted by the Nazis and who went missing amid the chaos of the Second World War.

World War Two

Swiss rehabilitate WWII Jewish refugee helpers

<p>Switzerland said Wednesday it had finally finished the process of rehabilitating more than a hundred people punished during WWII for having helped Jews escape Nazi persecution.</p>