Werner Fritschi (social worker)

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Werner Fritschi (born June 21, 1936 in Lucerne ; † February 6, 2019 there ) was a Swiss social worker , journalist and author.

Live and act

Werner Fritschi spent his childhood in the orphanage in Lucerne and with foster parents in Birmenstorf in Aargau . He later got involved in the Catholic youth and social movement. A meeting with Abbé Pierre had a lasting impact on him. After an apprenticeship as a typesetter, Fritschi attended grammar school.

From 1962 to 1970 he headed the youth affairs department of Caritas Switzerland . In this context he took on a pioneering role in Switzerland in dealing with the movement of the " youngsters ". In 1971 he and a team founded the “Jugend + Gesellschaft” advisory service, a small business for youth social research. Fritschi understood his role as a social advisor as mediating between the generations, between the subculture of the youth and the authorities. The company bulletin founded by his office appeared in around 120 issues. Fritschi also published around a dozen books and over 30 basic studies on various social and socio-political issues. In 1988 Fritschi suffered a stroke . He dealt with this limitation and the subsequent rehabilitation process in his autobiography, published in 2008. Fritschi had been married to Pia Schwarzenbach since 1962 and had three children.

Works (selection)

  • Possibilities and limits of the fight against junk literature. Represented on the basis of an "action against dirt and trash". [s. l.] 1965.
  • (with Ernst Sieber ) Half-Christians, youngsters. Solothurn / Stuttgart 1966.
  • (with Ernst Sieber): Cristianos a medias y gamberros. Madrid 1968.
  • (with Max Geiger ): Shocked company. Solothurn 1970.
  • Questions about Rüschlikon. In: Are our educational institutions still up to date? Lectures, contributions to the discussion and results of a study conference at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute in Rüschlikon / Zurich. Bern / Frankfurt a. M. 1972, pp. 120-147.
  • (with Max Gmür and Marcel Sonderegger): «Montjol». An expertise on the planned «Montjol youth settlement in Sevelen». Lucerne 1972.
  • (with Max Gmür and Marcel Sonderegger): Youth and Church. Project study for an interdisciplinary investigation. Lucerne 1972.
  • Youth unemployment in Switzerland. An interim balance. Lucerne 1976.
  • Sport as a socialization aid. [s. l.] 1979/1984
  • (with Hans-Rudolf Wyss) Shaping instead of grinding. A model for professional and personality development. Zurich 1981.
  • Yemand with Ypsilon. Between the generations. Zurich 1985.
  • Youth + army. Birmensdorf 1986.
  • More ground under your feet. A model of holistic vocational training: a handbook for teachers, trainers, vocational school teachers and all those who work with young people. 5 vols. Lucerne 1990.
  • The tension of the bow. Impulses from opposites. Solothurn / Düsseldorf 1994.
  • Think in perspective. Lucerne 1995.
  • In the balance of power. Impulses from opposites. Zurich / Düsseldorf 1996.
  • In a good mood - guide to social skills. A handbook for young people and trainers. Lucerne 1997.
  • Don't let anything persuade you! Analyzes and options for undesirable developments in society: living ethics for the future. Lucerne 2002.
  • In the middle. In the field of tension between youth and society. An autobiography. Lucerne 2008, ISBN 978-3-9523406-3-9 .

Documentary film

  • neglected. A film report about young people trying to help neglected youth. (1966).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Link to the film
personal data
SURNAME Fritschi, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss social worker, publicist and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2019
Place of death Lucerne