Second World War – ETHeritage

3D Collection – a C-35 in the Zurich Wind Tunnel

6. July 20237. June 2023 Dorothea Regula Zimmermann, Roberta Flora Spano

This aircraft model comes from the former Institute of Aerodynamics. Around 430 objects, including other aircraft models and other aerodynamic research models, were transferred to the collection of scientific instruments and teaching aids in 2019. Many of these objects were tested in either the large wind tunnel … Read more

Collecting in Nazi-Germany – Max Bänninger and his Beetles

7. November 202212. May 2017 Stephanie Willi

Max Bänninger’s collection of beetles is one of the most valuable – because very well documented and broad – and internationally renowned in the ETH entomological holdings. The bulk of his collection was acquired in Germany.

Lifting off like a pelican? The SB-2 Pelikan aircraft and its rusty start

9. December 202123. July 2010 Marion Wullschleger

During the Second World War, the Swiss government actively included ETH Zurich in its plans to promote an autonomous national aviation industry in Switzerland. The Federal Office of Aviation (now the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA)) commissioned Professor Eduard