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Author: Inklink Studio (Simone Boni). Source

A dancer, a Geneva cabaret and secret weapon plans – under the name ‘Nina’, Italian Virginie Rota moved between the stage and the worlds of diplomacy and intelligence. Her story took place in Geneva at the time of the League of Nations – in a city in which international politics and espionage rubbed shoulders. Read more

The Swiss public seem to have forgotten the war that broke out in Yugoslavia in 1991. Nonetheless, it did (and still does) affect people living in Switzerland who came from the war zone. They were stigmatised during and after the war, while the influx of people from ex-Yugoslavia has left a mark on Swiss culture and everyday life.

📷 Demonstration of 4 May 1991 on Parliament Square in Bern against the oppression of the minorities in Kosovo. Swiss National Museum / ASL

Read more: https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2026/10/forgotten-war-lasting-impact/