Swiss American Historical Society Review
Keywords
Swiss immigrant, CIA, World War II, daily life, SAHS
Abstract
I am naturally very much pleased to have been honored to give an account of my diverse encounters with Switzerland and matters Swiss. And in this connection, I should point out that I have no Swiss ancestors and that my relationship to Helvetia is purely elective on my part. I was born in Bonn on the Rhine (a well-known Swiss export), where my father was an English-language instructor; my mother came from a Rhenish family. While growing up in Germany, my parents decided that I should spend my summer vacation at a home (Kinderheim) near Flims in Graubünden. I had a wonderful time in this sunny Alpine spot, and remember the happy days with nostalgia. But fate struck a few years later, as the big mountain behind the home slid down and devastated it. - At the end of my stay my father picked me up, and we hiked down the Axenstrasse along Lake Lucerne.
Recommended Citation
Price, Arnold H.
(1997)
"Swiss Recollections,"
Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 33:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol33/iss1/6