Willi Gautschi
Willi Gautschi (born January 16, 1920 in Reinach ; † February 7, 2004 in Baden ; resident in Reinach and Baden) was a Swiss historian .
Life
The son of a farmer studied history and German at the universities of Basel , Lausanne , Paris and Zurich . During the Second World War he did active service ; he commanded a grenadier company . In 1954 he received his doctorate with Leonhard von Muralt in Zurich with a thesis on the Olten Action Committee .
From 1947 to 1962 Gautschi worked as a district teacher in Baden, then until his retirement in 1985 as a high school teacher at the Baden Cantonal School . In 1960/61 he was an ICRC delegate in North Africa . From 1970 to 1975 he was also a lecturer in history at the University of Zurich.
Gautschi wrote a. a. Standard works on the national strike in 1918 and on Lenin's stays in Switzerland, a highly acclaimed volume on Aargau canton history and an extensive biography by Henri Guisan , for which he received the Aargau Literature Prize in 1990 . With the help of sources, Gautschi's research refuted the legends of the revolution about the state strike and worked out its economic, social and political causes. Right-wing circles said he was a member of the Social Democratic Party . Gautschi's estate is in the Aargau State Archives.
Works
- The Olten Action Committee and the State General Strike of 1918 (= Zurich Contributions to History. Vol. 22). Weiss, Zurich 1955 DNB 36377176X (dissertation University of Zurich 1954).
- The national strike in 1918. Benziger, Zurich 1968; 3rd, revised edition. Chronos, Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-905278-34-0 .
- (Ed.) Documents on the national strike in 1918. Benziger, Zurich 1971.
- Lenin as an emigrant in Switzerland. Benziger, Zurich 1973, ISBN 3-545-34066-X .
- History of the Canton of Aargau 1885–1953 (= History of the Canton of Aargau. Vol. 3). Baden-Verlag, Baden 1978.
- General Henri Guisan. The Swiss Army Command in World War II. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-85823-233-5 .
- Helvetic highlights. Essays and lectures on contemporary history. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-85823-399-4 .
- Myth and Power of History: On Basic Historical Issues. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-85823-871-6 .
literature
- Grégoire Boulanger, Otto Böni, Lou Pflüger: Contemporary writers: Switzerland. Edited by the Swiss Association of Writers. Sauerländer, Aarau 1988, ISBN 3-7941-2933-4 , p. 80.
- Christian Koller : Error, insight and interests: The memory of the Swiss national strike between historical studies and memorial politics. In: conexus, 2 (2019). Pp. 175-195.
- Andreas Steigmeier : Willi Gautschi 1920–2004. In: Baden New Years Papers. Vol. 80 (2005), pp. 222-224 ( digitized version ).
- Séveric Yersin: Willi Gautschi (1920–1984) et la Grève générale. Une œuvre historiographique dans son context. In: Traverse . Vol. 25 (2018), H. 2, pp. 63-77 ( abstract ).
- Séveric Yersin: Willi Gautschi, historian of the national strike . In: Argovia 131 (2019).
- Christoph Zürcher: Gautschi, Willi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 31, 2010 .
Web links
- Aargau historian Willi Gautschi died at the age of 84. In: news.ch. February 11, 2004.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gautschi, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reinach |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2004 |
| Place of death | to bathe |