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Switzerland personified bears the symbol of the International Red Cross, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and the inverse of the Swiss flag, a white cross on a field of red. In the foreground a train bearing the French tri-color and labeled "grands blessés" — the severely wounded — comes towards France, and a train goes in the opposite direction, to Germany. A bouquet in the French colors lies at the feet of the cross bearer who carries files about and correspondence for prisoners, spilling them along the way. Switzerland borders the combatants France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. One of a 1916 series of 1916 postcards on neutral nations by Em. Dupuis. Text: Noblesse oblige. Noblesse oblige. Suisse Signed: Em. Dupuis 1916 Reverse: Visé Paris. No. 111 Logo: Paris Color 152 Quai de Jemmapes Carte Postale

Switzerland personified bears the symbol of the International Red Cross, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and the inverse of the Swiss flag, a white cross on a field of red. In the foreground a train bearing the French tri-color and labeled "grands blessés" — the severely wounded — comes towards France, and a train goes in the opposite direction, to Germany. A bouquet in the French colors lies at the feet of the cross bearer who carries files about and correspondence for prisoners, spilling them along the way. Switzerland borders the combatants France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
One of a 1916 series of 1916 postcards on neutral nations by Em. Dupuis.

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Noblesse oblige.

Noblesse oblige.

Suisse

Signed: Em. Dupuis 1916

Reverse:

Visé Paris. No. 111

Logo: Paris Color 152 Quai de Jemmapes

Carte Postale

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Switzerland was neutral during World War I. The Western Front ran from Switzerland to the the North Sea and the Italian from Switzerland to the Adriatic.

Switzerland bordered France, Germany, Italy, Lichtenstein, and Austria-Hungary.

Vladimir Lenin lived in exile in Switzerland until returning to Russia after the February Revolution of 1917. He addressed the Zimmerwald International Socialist Congress in January 1916.

Numerous national groups operated out of, and published in, Switzerland. For example, a Ukrainian national movement had a society in Vienna and published in Switzerland.

Switzerland is a country in Europe.

A sample pie chart graphic

Statistics for Switzerland (1)

Type Statistic
Population 3,765,123

Some books about Switzerland (3)

Title Author Last Name Author First Name
Lice Cendrars Blaise
The Astonished Man Cendrars Blaise
The World of Yesterday Zweig Stefan