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Portraits
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Paul Ardnuk
Entretien de xxxxx
Sa sim quame sunt hicat as modipsant vellore rferro omnis nos ullab iusda voluptatet etus dolorrore quidi consedi temperum excepudae. Um res acerferuntur aut vent pel maximus et lab ipit venite vel molupie ndanten ihillupic tet volenda essumet offici uta.
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Paul Ardnuk
Entretien d’Antoni Zanoni
Entretien avec Antonio Zanoni mené par R. Latala, 11 novembre 2020, Bex.
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Paul Ardnuk
Entretien d’Anne Bugnon
Sa sim quame sunt hicat as modipsant vellore rferro omnis nos ullab iusda voluptatet etus dolorrore quidi consedi temperum excepudae. Um res acerferuntur aut vent pel maximus et lab ipit venite vel molupie ndanten ihillupic tet volenda essumet offici uta.
"We're together, we're attentive to each other ... it's so natural, instinctive’.»
Anne Estreicher
Born in 1960 in Geneva
Anne Estreicher obtained her PhD in biochemistry from the University of Geneva. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the State University of New York, she worked for several years in biomedical research laboratories. She is currently involved in coordinating the Human Proteomics initiative within the Swiss-Prot knowledge base.
Interview of Anne Estreicher
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Paul Ardnuk
Entretien de xxxxx
Sa sim quame sunt hicat as modipsant vellore rferro omnis nos ullab iusda voluptatet etus dolorrore quidi consedi temperum excepudae. Um res acerferuntur aut vent pel maximus et lab ipit venite vel molupie ndanten ihillupic tet volenda essumet offici uta.
‘It was an atmosphere of freedom and solidarity... that really touched me’.
Clive Loertscher
Born in 1948, in Montreux
After studying political science at Lausanne University, he taught in secondary schools in the canton of Vaud. His involvement with trade unions has been a constant feature of his various associative and political experiences: he is an active member of the Vaud-État section of the Syndicat des secteurs public et parapublic (VPOD/SSP), of which he was president for a number of years.
Interview of Clive Loertscher
"Commitment is part of my life...When you're committed, you're never alone and you can find pleasure in it.»
Fernand Cuche
Born in 1946 in the Val de Ruz
Fernand Cuche is a farmer, social worker and trade unionist who is committed to environmental protection and ecological agriculture. His activism within the ecological party led him to pursue a political career; he was successively General Secretary of the Union of Swiss Farmers, Member of the Grand Council of the canton of Neuchâtel, National Councillor and then Councillor of the State of Neuchâtel.
Interview of Fernand Cuche
Entretien avec J- P. Mottier réalisé par R. Latala le 15 juillet 2024 à Bremblens
«Poland has remained deeply rooted in me (…). I became passionate about this country. »
Jean-Pierre Mottier
Born in Geneva in 1949
Photographer and entrepreneur, Jean-Pierre Mottier also taught photography at the Centre d'enseignement professionnel de Vevey until his retirement in 2014.
Interview with Jean-Pierre Mottier
Attracted to ‘Eastern Europe’ from an early age, Jean-Pierre Mottier first set off to discover the countries behind the Iron Curtain when he was just 19, while still in training. He returned after completing his apprenticeship in 1970, travelling through Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Russia. Although he didn't dare take his camera out so as not to offend the people he met, he kept plenty of images and memories. His travels to Poland deeply impact him, and he will remain attached to this country, where he forged lasting friendships, for the rest of his life.
Jean Pierre Mottier
Entretien avec J- P. Mottier réalisé par R. Latala le 15 juillet 2024 à Bremblens
From the start of the strikes in Gdansk in August 1980, Jean-Pierre Mottier followed Polish events closely, fascinated by the peaceful nature of the Solidarnosc movement. As soon as martial law was decreed, he took part in humanitarian convoys to Poland organised by various circles in Switzerland. On his return from these trips, overwhelmed by the misery of the children's institutions he had visited, he and a handful of friends founded the association Enfants. Its aim is to provide aid to Polish institutions in difficulty. Over the course of its 40 years of existence, the association has expanded its activities to help disadvantaged children in other countries, as well as in Switzerland.
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Paul Ardnuk
Entretien de xxxxx
Sa sim quame sunt hicat as modipsant vellore rferro omnis nos ullab iusda voluptatet etus dolorrore quidi consedi temperum excepudae. Um res acerferuntur aut vent pel maximus et lab ipit venite vel molupie ndanten ihillupic tet volenda essumet offici uta.
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Paul Ardnuk
Entretien de xxxxx
Sa sim quame sunt hicat as modipsant vellore rferro omnis nos ullab iusda voluptatet etus dolorrore quidi consedi temperum excepudae. Um res acerferuntur aut vent pel maximus et lab ipit venite vel molupie ndanten ihillupic tet volenda essumet offici uta.
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Paul Ardnuk
Entretien de xxxxx
Sa sim quame sunt hicat as modipsant vellore rferro omnis nos ullab iusda voluptatet etus dolorrore quidi consedi temperum excepudae. Um res acerferuntur aut vent pel maximus et lab ipit venite vel molupie ndanten ihillupic tet volenda essumet offici uta.
...a society must constantly be built on humanist values... and we must rely on the forces at work’.
Geneviève Beaud Spang, born in Fribourg in 1959
The daughter of a Parisian and a Fribourgeois, she grew up in Fribourg. After gaining a university degree and a diploma in social work, she became a sociology assistant at the University of Fribourg. Elected to the municipal legislature at the age of 22, after 14 years in office she became an executive member of the Fribourg municipal council and Director of Schools. Since 2001, she has been head of the Canton of Fribourg's Office for Gender Equality and the Family (BEF), President of the Cantonal Commission against Domestic Violence since 2010 and, for more than 10 years, co-President of the national ‘Futur en tous genres’ day. Formerly Chair of the Cantonal Commission for a Comprehensive Family Policy, she and her colleagues have just set up an interactive exhibition for young people entitled ‘Plus fort que la violence / Stärker als Gewalt/stronger than violence."
Interview of Geneviève Beaud Spang
She undertook a number of militant and socially committed actions during her studies, as well as street social work in Paris with young delinquents. She then began working in Fribourg with drug addicts and the unemployed.
Entretien du 12 novembre 2020, Fribourg.
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Paul Ardnuk
Entretien de xxxxx
Sa sim quame sunt hicat as modipsant vellore rferro omnis nos ullab iusda voluptatet etus dolorrore quidi consedi temperum excepudae. Um res acerferuntur aut vent pel maximus et lab ipit venite vel molupie ndanten ihillupic tet volenda essumet offici uta.
«Malgré les drames que vivaient la Pologne, c’était une période lea plus heureuse pour moi…on sentait que ce qu’on faisait a eu un sens profond»
Krystyna Rottenberg
Entretien de Krystyna Rottenberg
‘...to show solidarity... is to get involved when you feel part of a group’.
François Rosset, born in Fribourg in 1958
François Rosset is Professor of French Literature at the University of Lausanne and a specialist in eighteenth-century literature. His favourite fields of research include the literary culture of fantasy in the classical age and imaginary journeys. He is the author of numerous studies on the forms of the novel in the eighteenth century,e the Swiss Enlightenment, the Coppet Group and the works of Jean Potocki and Benjamin Constant.
Interview with François Rosset
«On s’engage parce qu’on a des relations émotionnelles avec un pays (…) l’engagement n’est pas un choix rationnel, il ne passe pas par le rationalisme, mais par les sentiments ».
Laurent Thévoz
Entretien Avec Laurent Thévoz
Entretien avec Laurent Thévoz mené par R. Latala, 22 Juin 2020, Fribourg.
« Si on arrive à être avec les autres…avec leurs souffrances, leurs histoires…peut-être on sera capable aussi transformer ce monde…»
Zygmunt Marzys, né en 1930 à Vilnius
Professeur honoraire de l’Université de Neuchâtel, Zygmunt Marzys y a enseigné l’histoire de la langue française. Il a été l’un des rédacteurs du Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande. Pour son édition critique des Remarques sur la langue françoise de Claude Favre de Vaugelas, il a reçu, en 2010, le Grand Prix de l’Académie française pour le rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises.
Zygmunt Marzys fut l’un des fondateurs de l’Association « Pro Polonia Neuchâtel », créée en 1982, dont le but était d’aider les Polonais à surmonter leurs difficultés matérielles, de soutenir la culture indépendante et de promouvoir les relations polono-suisses, notamment sur le plan culturel.
Entretien de Zygmunt Marzys
Il est issu d’une famille polonaise, qui a été marquée par la guerre. Séparé de sa mère et de sa sœur, déportées par les Allemands, il retrouve son père, officier dans l’armée polonaise qui participe aux combats contre l’Allemagne. Ce n’est qu’après la guerre qu’il s’exile en Suisse…
Entretien du 12 novembre 2020, Fribourg, Suisse.
«To be in solidarity... it's the awareness that I'm not alone, I don't exist without others... I'm linked to the lives of those around me.»
Alberto Montorfani, born in 1962 in Bellinzona
Alberto Montorfani studied social sciences in Bellinzona and Fribourg in the 1980s. As a student, he became involved in the Catholic movement Comunione e Liberazione. It was the social teaching of the Church, and in particular the person of Don Giani Danzi, that had a decisive impact on his career.
A graduate in economics and social sciences, Alberto Montorfani works in the real estate sector as a property management manager in Ticino. In 2014 he set up his own property management company in Lugano. He is involved in the life of the city on both social and cultural levels: he is involved in founding a free school, in vocational training projects for adults, chairs Svit Ticino, an association of property professionals, and sits on the board of LAC (Lugano Arte e Cultura), the New Centre and Lugano's cultural district.
Interview of Alberto Montorfani
Alberto Montorfani studied social sciences in Bellinzona and Fribourg in the 1980s. As a student, he became involved in the Catholic movement Comunione e Liberazione. It was the social teaching of the Church, and in particular the person of Don Giani Danzi, that had a decisive impact on his career.
Entretien du 7 septembre 2020, Lugano, Suisse.
«It's thehuman person who is at the heart of society... he or she is ontologically rooted in a relationship with others."»
Claudio Mésoniat, born 1949 in Lugano
Journalist, publicist and editorialist, Claudio Mésoniat worked for Swiss Radio and Television, where he was a special correspondent for the Italian-language news programme and later hosted political and cultural debate programmes.Sassi Grossi, Aprite le porte,…).He was director ofGiornale del Popolo (2004-2015)and has worked for various media in Ticino and Italy. He also founded the online newspaperilfederalista.ch, which he manages and which provides in-depth coverage of current affairs four times a week. He was actively involved in cultural, social and charitable initiatives in the wake of the CatholicComunione e Liberazione, for which he was responsible in Switzerland for twenty years.
Interview of Claudio Mésoniat
Entretien avec Claudio Mésoniat, mené par Renata Latała, le 8 septembre 2020, Massagno (Tessin).
« Solidarity means going together... it's the idea of each person's responsibility towards others...»
Maurizio Balestra, born in 1950 in Verbania-Pallanza (Italy)
A philosopher by training, Maurizio Balestra, after studying in Basel and Fribourg, devoted his life to young people. He taught philosophy and history at the Collegio Papio in Ascona, then at the Diocesan High School in Breganzona. His career was punctuated by cultural, social and charitable commitments. He worked with the Bellinzona Cultural Centre and the online newspaper Il federalismo; he took part in solidarity actions in favour of the Church of Silence and took part in intellectual, social and missionary initiatives in a spirit of dialogue with the Catholic movement Comunione e Liberazione. Balestra, après ses études à Bâle et Fribourg, consacra sa vie à la jeunesse. Il enseigna la philosophie et l’histoire au Collegio Papio à Ascona, puis au Lycée Diocésain de Breganzona. Son parcours est ponctué par des engagements culturels, sociaux et caritatifs. Il collabora avec le Centre culturel de Bellinzona et le journal en ligne Il federalismo ; il participa aux actions solidaires menées en faveur de l’Église du silence et prit part aux initiatives sur le plan intellectuel, social, missionnaire dans l’esprit du dialogue en lien avec le mouvement catholique Comunione e Liberazione.
Interview with Maurizio Balestra
Entretien avec Claudio Mésoniat et Maurizio Balestra, mené par Renata Latała, le 8 septembre 2020, Massagno (Tessin).
« Être solidaire c’est une action, c’est reconnaître dans l’autre les besoins, les aspirations, ou les difficultés que tout le monde peut éprouver, donc l’envie pour les soulager et pour l’aider… »
Ruth Dreifuss
Entretien de Ruth Dreifuss
Entretien avec Claudio Mésoniat, mené par Renata Latała, le 8 septembre 2020, Massagno (Tessin).
Solidarité Suisse
Notion de solidarité
Interview with Ruth Dreifuss mené par Renata Latała, le 23 Novembre 2020, Genève.
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Alberto Montorfani, born in 1962 in Bellinzona
Biographie
Interview of Alberto Montorfani
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Entretien du 7 septembre 2020, Lugano, Suisse.
«Inis sunt endebitio vit quatem fuga ut mosandis autat equae volumenime audaerrumque»
Alberto Montorfani, born in 1962 in Bellinzona
Biographie
Entretien avec Bohdan Gorski
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Entretien du 22 Juin 2020, Villars-sur-Glâne, Suisse.