Biography:Marcel Bollinger
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Short description: Swiss politician and freethinker
Bollinger, Marcel | |
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| Born | Bollinger, Marcel 17 April 1923 |
| Died | 17 May 2003 (aged 80) Beringen |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Swiss editor and municipal council |
| Years active | 1956-2003 |
| Known for | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and freethinker |
Notable work | Trade unionists |
Marcel Bollinger (17 April 1923 in Schaffhausen – 17 May 2003 in Beringen) was a Swiss freethinker.
Biography
Bollinger and his later wife Emmi were politically shaped in Schaffhausen youth groups of the working-class movement of the 1930s. He became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and trade unionists and was from 1956 to 1988 SP municipal council in Beringen.[1]
From 1958 to 1979 he was the central president of the Freethinkers Association of Switzerland.[2][full citation needed]
Freethinker award
On 9 October 2015 the Swiss Freethinkers awarded the [Freidenkerpreis] prize, worth 10,000 francs, for the first time. The Freethinkers Award will be awarded every two years and will be financed by a gift of inheritance.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Jakob Müller: Marcel Bollinger †. In: Schaffhauser AZ, 17. Juli 2003, S. 14.
- ↑ "Freidenker". 2003. http://frei-denken.ch/de/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/freidenker-200308.pdf.
- ↑ "freidenken". https://frei-denken.ch/de/.
- ↑ "ETH - e-periodica". https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/vollist?UID=fde-001.
External links
- http://tools.wmflabs.org/persondata/p/Marcel_Bollinger, http://tools.wmflabs.org/persondata/p/peende/9715635,
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