Would Max Frisch have followed the Olympic Games in Rio if he were alive today? Some claim he took little interest in sport. Others say he absolutely loved it. Either way, a wide variety of physical activities featured in his life and work.
Linguistics and Literature
“Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.” On the 30th anniversary of the death of Truman Capote (30.9.1924-25.8.1984)
The widely travelled American writer Truman Capote spent several times in Switzerland during the 1950s and 1960s. The photograph shows him on arrival in Zurich Kloten, presumably in 1956.
Ermordung eines Privatdozenten – Zum 25. Todestag von Hermann Burger (1942-1989)
Wolfram Schöllkopf, Privatdozent für Glaziologie und deutsche Literatur an der Eidgenössischen Technischen Universität, flieht aus der Sitzung der Freifächerfakultät, der Abteilung 13 für Geistes- und Militärwissenschaften.