Gerhart Schürch

Gerhart Schürch (born March 23, 1910 in Biel ; † August 28, 1994 in Bern ) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ).

biography

Schürch studied law at the University of Bern , in 1933 advocate and a doctorate in 1936 for Dr. iur . From 1934 he worked in the Swiss Abroad Secretariat of the New Helvetic Society . In 1940 Schürch was a general staff officer in the so-called " officers' conspiracy for unconditional resistance ". From 1941 to 1944 he was a youth lawyer for the Bernese Oberland and from 1944 to 1962 he was an independent lawyer.

He traveled in 1947 and 1949 for the Swiss donation to the war victims in Czechoslovakia and in 1968 for the International Red Cross to Nigeria .

In 1960 Schürch was elected to the Bern City Council as a member of the Free Democratic Party . From 1962 to 1971 he was Bern's Grand Councilor and from 1962 to 1975 (in) the City of Bern City Council, where he was Finance Director and (once?) Vice-President.

From 1971 to 1979 he was National Councilor and President of the Foreign Affairs Commission for two years; from 1976 to 1980 he was also a member of the parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe . Schürch belonged to the Federal Community and the Bern Association for Social Policy .

Schürch was also a colonel in the Swiss Army.

His father was the long - time editor -in- chief of the daily newspaper Der Bund Ernst Schürch .

Quote

« When the church speaks fundamentally, when it confronts politicizing people with decisions that they can no longer evade at a deeper level than the everyday, then it becomes a real, constant nuisance of politics without any additional ingredients and without external hustle and bustle: the unmistakable Reminder to be faithful and to act confidently, courageously and in persistent expectation of the Lord. »

- Gerhart Schürch : Swiss Annals , 1944

literature

Gerhart Schürch: Money and Spirit in the city's financial budget: City council candidates introduce themselves. In: The Bund . No. 278, November 28, 1971, p. 21.

Web links

Gerhart Schürch: Missions for intellectual national defense. In the service of the New Helvetic Society 1934–1954 . Audio document from November 3, 1982. 105 minutes. With Klaus Urner as moderator. ETH Archive for Contemporary History .
Gerhart Schürch in the archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives .
Estate in the Archive for Contemporary History (PDF).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Christoph Zürcher: Schürch, Gerhart. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly: Gerhart Schürch ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Quotation in: Victor Conzemius , Andreas Lindt , Martin Greschat , Hermann Kocher . The time after 1945 as a topic of contemporary church history: Papers at the international conference in Hunigen / Bern (Switzerland) 1985 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1988 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Schürch, Gerhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Biel
DATE OF DEATH	August 28, 1994
Place of death	Bern

[hls-1] Christoph Zürcher: Schürch, Gerhart. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[2] Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly: Gerhart Schürch ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Quotation in: Victor Conzemius , Andreas Lindt , Martin Greschat , Hermann Kocher . The time after 1945 as a topic of contemporary church history: Papers at the international conference in Hunigen / Bern (Switzerland) 1985 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1988 ( limited preview in the Google book search).