24.12.2025 14:00 - 17:00
Museum Prestegg, Zentrum für Geschichte und Kultur, Rabengasse 3, 9450 Altstätten SG
CHF 10 PER PERSON
Adults and young people > 16 years
CHF 7 PER PERSON
Groups of 10 or more, per person
Apprentices, students (with ID)
AHV / IV recipients
Adults and young people > 16 years
CHF 7 PER PERSON
Groups of 10 or more, per person
Apprentices, students (with ID)
AHV / IV recipients
Thousands also fled across the Rhine to Switzerland between 1938 and 1945 - often meeting with rejection instead of rescue. The exhibition shows their stories.
Curated by the Jewish Museum Hohenems: Barbara Thimm / Christina Nanz.
In August 1938 and again in August 1942, Switzerland closed its borders and only wanted to let in people passing through - if at all. Jews in particular were not to be admitted, regardless of whether they were trying to escape extermination by the Nazis and their collaborators from the German Reich, occupied France or finally from Italy.
Focusing on the Rhine Valley, the exhibition tells the stories of these people and their families who stayed behind in the context of Swiss refugee policy and describes the reactions of the population, the authorities, border police, aid organizations and escape helpers. Perhaps there are still stories and objects on the subject in the Rhine Valley that could be included in the exhibition?
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
In August 1938 and again in August 1942, Switzerland closed its borders and only wanted to let in people passing through - if at all. Jews in particular were not to be admitted, regardless of whether they were trying to escape extermination by the Nazis and their collaborators from the German Reich, occupied France or finally from Italy.
Focusing on the Rhine Valley, the exhibition tells the stories of these people and their families who stayed behind in the context of Swiss refugee policy and describes the reactions of the population, the authorities, border police, aid organizations and escape helpers. Perhaps there are still stories and objects on the subject in the Rhine Valley that could be included in the exhibition?
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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