Ruggero Dollfus

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Ruggero Dollfus

Ruggero Dollfus (also Roger Albert Dollfus de Volckersberg , born July 14, 1876 in Milan , † July 12, 1948 in Kiesen ) was a Swiss politician ( CVP Tessin), President of the National Council in 1932, Colonel Division and Adjudant General of General Guisan during World War II.

biography

The roots of the ancestors of Roger Dollfus come from the industrial family Dollfus from Illzach in Alsace. Roger Dollfus was not related to Engelbert Dollfuss , the Austrian Federal Chancellor from 1932 to 1934, nor was his family of Jewish origin.

Roger Albert Dollfus de Volckersberg was born on July 14, 1876, the second son of Albert Dollfus, the founder of a chemical plant in Milan, and Laura, b. Vonwiller born in Milan. Roger Dollfus spent his youth in Milan and from 1889 in Castagnola in Ticino. He attended grammar school in Lugano with his siblings and came to the University of Basel in 1894 , where he studied economics, economic history, legal philosophy and art history. For some time he studied art history in Berlin . In 1897 he completed his studies in Basel with a doctorate and the title “summa cum laude”. He wrote his dissertation on the subject of “On the idea of ​​the single tax”.

Kiesen Castle

After studying in Basel, he joined the “Vonwiller & Cie” bank of his uncle Albert Vonwiller in Milan and was subsequently able to manage it. In 1905 he married Annie Elisabeth Burckhardt von Basel. The family lived in Milan until 1916; then moved to Kiesen near Bern during the First World War , where Roger Dollfus acquired Kiesen Castle in 1915 .

Roger Dollfus died on July 12, 1948, shortly before his 72nd birthday, in Kiesen near Bern. The abdication speeches were given by General Henri Guisan and Federal Councilor Karl Kobelt , among others . The grave is in the Castagnola cemetery near Lugano.

Political activities

Via Ruggero Dollfus

In 1922 Roger Dollfus von Volckersberg in the canton of Ticino was elected to the National Council as "Ruggero Dollfus, Castagnola", a member of the Swiss Catholic People's Party (KVP) , of which he was a member until March 1943.

Roger Dollfus chaired the National Council Finance Commission from 1931 and was elected President of the National Council for 1933 in autumn 1932 . In 1934 he was elected President of the newly founded Federal Loan Fund and was one of the exponents in the drafting of the Federal Banking Act of 1934. After the annexation of Austria , Dollfus supported the proclamation of the Federal Council and the parliamentary groups regarding the neutrality of Switzerland.

In the League of Nations , Roger Dollfus represented Switzerland from 1926 to 1932. He was a member of the international arbitration commission between Germany and Luxembourg and between Norway and the United States.

As a staunch Protestant, Roger Dollfus did not always have an easy position in the Catholic-Conservative Party. The integration and coexistence of denominations, classes and parts of the country with other languages ​​were a cornerstone of his political activity.

Assessment of the German Wehrmacht by Dollfus: "More politicians than soldiers. Tends towards the Western powers"

Military career

Roger Dollfus began his military career in Aarau in 1896 . As a major , he commanded the Ticino 95 Mountain Infantry Battalion during the border occupation 1914–1918 . In 1924 he was appointed colonel promoted and commanded the mountain brigade 15. In the general mobilization of Switzerland in 1939 he was appointed by the Federal Council for Oberstdivisionär transported and adjutant general of the army and therefore worked very closely with General Guisan. General staff meetings were held regularly at Kiesen Castle, his residence near the army headquarters .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugen Waldner:  Dollfus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 740-743.
  2. ^ Excerpt from the Dollfus tribe in / from Mulhouse (pdf)
  3. ↑ On The Idea of ​​the Single Tax
  4. ↑ Dollfuss, Roger in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
  5. ^ Federal Council (Switzerland) : Proclamation of the Federal Council and the parliamentary groups regarding neutrality. Swiss National Sound Archives , March 21, 1938, accessed on October 26, 2019 .
  6. ^ Proclamation of the Federal Council and the parliamentary groups regarding neutrality. In: Stenographic Bulletin of the Federal Assembly. National Council (Switzerland), March 21, 1938, accessed October 26, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Switzerland up-to-date: Kiesen Castle sold out. In: Play SRF. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Dollfus, Ruggero
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dollfus de Volckersberg, Roger Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1948
Place of death Pebbles