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Happy Birth Day SCI!
On the November 20th 1920, then it was Saturday as well, the first workcamp started in the small village Esnes near Verdun.In our archives we have the report form one of the campleaders, who describes lively the beginning of the project. Visa problems, getting together all the working tools and a fresh cold night in…
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Opening Exhibition – Pierre Ceresole: A lifetime serving Peace
The exhibition Pierre Ceresole – a lifetime serving Peace. Around fifty visitors from Australia, France, Germany and Switzerland came to Municipal library of La Chaux-de-Fonds in order to see the 10 panels about Pierre Ceresole and SCI. In addition there seven display cabinets installed with photos, documents and objects from first SCI workcamps.
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Ceresole walk itinerary
The journeys of Ceresole to Germany the years 1918, 1933, 1942 and 1944 were acts of an radical pacifists which still are fascinate and irritating as well. Convinced to do something against war and militarism and urged by his conscience he crossed the border between Switzerland and Germany.
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Exhibtion ‘Pierre Ceresole’ – Idea & Concept
The international Archives of SCI and the Public Library of La Chaux-de-Fonds are collaborating to produce a visually attractive exhibition, made up of original – French language – archive material, which will be shown in Switzerland and France.
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90 years Anniversary 1920 -2010
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Exhibition – Pierre Ceresole: A lifetime serving Peace
The La Chaux-de-Fonds Municipal Library has joined forces with Service Civil International to put together an exhibition devoted to Pierre Ceresole, a pacifist personality who is nowadays little-known to the public at large.It will be shown in La Chaux-de-Fonds public library from 25.September 2010 till 11. January 2011
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Présentation de Pierre Ceresole
À la découverte de Pierre Ceresolefondateur du Service Civil InternationalConférence animée par Michel MégardVendredi 22 janvier à 20h00Entrée libre (chapeau à la sortie)Le Vaud, bâtiment ChristinetChemin des Curtils 2, 2e étage
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Emergency Action
Already in 1924, SCI set up volunteer team to helpe the village Someo, in the italian speaking part of Switzerland, which was affected by a landslide. With more than 300 volunteers cleaning the devasted location this emergency action service was a success.For the founder of SCI, Pierre Ceresole, the emergency actions done by international volunteers,…
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2026 (1)
2024 (4)
2023 (2)
2021 (7)
- SCI 100th Anniversary – a virtual museum
- 100 years of ‘first workcamp’ – the continuation (part 3)
- 100 years of ‘first workcamp’ – the continuation (part 2)
- Exhibition in Barcelona about refugee children in Catalonia and in the south of France 1939
- 100 years of ‘first workcamp’ – the continuation (part 1)
- Wikipedia for Peace: Writing about SCI History (Online Workcamp)
- Bhupendra “Bhuppy” Kishore died on December 31, 2020, aged 84
2018 (7)
2017 (13)
- Two different Peace Calendars 2004/2005 and 2006
- Review – Revue 1971-1974″ and “Annual Report 1975
- The ‘SCI in Germany’ Archives Collections (Volume 1)
- “Anatomy of a Work-Campleader”, Seminar report, 1986
- Not an SCI Handbook on Workcamps, Seminar report, 1985
- SCI Draft 5 Year Development Plan 1965/70
- First SCI International Constitution, 1949
- Piet Kruithof passed away
- How to be environmentally sensitive at workcamps, brochure, ca. 2001
- 70 years of SCI postcard, 1990
- St. Stephan Workcamp Diary, 1946
- Swiss SCI veteran and lifelong peace activist Fridolin Trüb died at the age of 97
- Different SCI International Leaflets, 1980s
2016 (9)
- Poster ‘SCI International Solidarity Campaign with SWAPO’, late 1980s
- ‘Structure of SCI’ diagram, mid-1980s
- 65 items of SCI Switzerland pocket calendars, 1953- 2017
- Crossing Borders – International Refugee Campaign Resource Pack (1996)
- Paix, Pelle et Pioche” – A History of SCI Until 1965
- 70 Years of Workcamps in Finland!
- Obituary Arthur Gillette
- The Friedland 1946 Workcamp diary facsimile
- Cheap Jack 92 – The City Guide to East and West
2015 (8)
- SCI Sri Lanka Anniversary Publication
- SCI Nepal Diary with Directory 2002
- Meeting with former International Secretaries in Bangalore, India
- From the SCI Archives: Guidelines for presentations on SCI (December 1946)
- A visit by SCI France
- t’Boschhuis
- Pioneering for a peaceful society
- From the SCI Archives: Les Soeurs du Service Civil
2013 (7)
- Hans und Mary Bruderer-Hutchinson
- Spotlight on SCI History: SCI in Greece
- Memories from Algeria 1962
- Spotlight on SCI History: Computer aided placement
- New publication covering SCI activities in Spain
- Exhibition on SCI service in Liechtenstein 1928
- Spotlight on SCI History: SCI under attack – the Daily Telegraph affair
2012 (9)
- Iran 1963: A review on a reconstruction project
- Spotlight on SCI History: SCI in Malaysia
- A blog around workcamps in the mid-1950’s
- Branch archives accessible
- The children of Elne
- New book about Spanish Civil War with photos from SCI
- Spotlight on SCI History: Words and deeds – the Uddel Seminar in 1969
- Ceresole exhibiton in Luzern
- SCI Madrid: Exhibition on SCI in Spanish Civil War
2011 (7)
- New coordinator for SCI International Archives
- Ceresole exhibiton in Winterthur in 2012
- Commemorative plaque for SCI volunteers in Burjassot
- A website dedicated to SCI veteran Fridolin Trüb
- SCI volunteer recognized as Righteous among the Nations
- Farewell to Emma Ott and Elisabeth Eidenbenz
- Brynmawr: Eighty years IVS Great Britain
2010 (7)
2009 (13)
- Emergency Action
- Winner of SCI Anniversary Photo Competition
- SCI Anniversary 1920 – 2010
- Présentation de Pierre Ceresole
- Pierre Ceresole (1879 – 1945): A lifetime serving Peace
- Ceresole Walking Tour – Sunday 22. August 2010
- Zielona Góra 1964 ? (Poland)
- Photo Competition for SCI Anniversary 1920-2010
- Presentation on SCI efforts for an Alternative Service
- Some words about the starting up of SCI in Hungary and Poland
- New archives section Belarus
- Documentary planned on Spanish Civil War (1937-39)
- SCI Archives Progress Report for 2008