Exhibition - Pierre Ceresole: A lifetime serving Peace

by P.Rodriguez (Jul 3, 2010)

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

From the First World War on he worked unstintingly to try and set up a civilian service for conscientious objectors, going as far as to launch a Federal campaign (in Switzerland) in 1922/1923. We have to wait more than seventy years before a public service is set up which replaces military duties for people who officially declare themselves to be conscientious objectors. As a matter of fact, up until 1996 the latter are tried by Military Tribunal and sentenced to prison. We can now appreciate how far we have come since then.

Then inauguration will take place on Saturday 25. Septembre at 11 am.

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