Nachlass Dr. h.c. Paul Schmid-Ammann Dipl. ing. agr. ETH

Paul Schmid-Amman (1900 -1984), a Swiss agronomy engineer. After graduating from Zürich Technical College he worked as an editor of the agricultural political newspaper "Der Schffhauser Bauer". In the 1930s he was one of the founders of the farmers' aid fond (Kantonale Bauernhilfskasse). In 1933 he co-founded the newspaper "Die Nation." From 1943 to1949 he worked as an editor for foreign affairs for the newspaper "Neue Bündner Zeitung." In 1943 and 1944 he was a member of the Kanton Parlament, in 1949 he joined the socialist party and became an editor and later the chief editor of "Volksrecht." In the 1950s and 1960s he held positions as education adviser and member of the college commission at Zürich University. In 1979 he was awarded the "Gottfried-Keller-Preis." Paul Schmid-Amman was an author of historical and political publications on diverse political issues. In 1978 his memoir "Unterwegs von der politischen zur sozialen Demokratie" was published.

Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Programs in Oct. 2011.