‘I think they’re planning a civil war’
Colonel-General Emil Sonderegger, who commanded the troops in the city of Zurich, in conversation with a comrade. Scene from the docu-fiction “General strike 1918 - Switzerland on the brink of civil war” by Swiss public television, SRF.
This content was published on October 16, 2018
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- Deutsch "Ich glaube, sie planen den Bürgerkrieg" (original)
- Español "Creo que planean una guerra civil"
- Português "Acredito que eles estão planejando uma guerra civil"
- 中文 “我当时甚至相信，他们在策划内战”
- Français «Je crois qu’ils préparent une guerre civile»
- عربي "أعتقد أنهم يخططون لحرب أهلية"
- Pусский «Мы остановим революцию твёрдой рукой»
- 日本語 「労働者は内戦を計画していると思う」
- Italiano "Credo che progettino la guerra civile"
The film by Hansjürg Zumstein is based on historical documents. The dialogue, however, is partly reconstructed and does not necessarily correspond to the actual dialogue. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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