Embarrassing chapters in Swiss history, part II

"Embarrassing" implies subjectivity. Others may disagree with these examples.
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Swiss banks keep denying for decades that large sums in dormant accounts belong to victims of this genocide
Holocaust
Swiss brigadier Jean-Louis Jeanmaire is condemned to 18 years in prison in 1977 for spying for this country.
Soviet Union
This Swiss woman is the last European to be executed for witchcraft in 1782 and only exonerated in 2008.
Anna Göldi
In the midst of events that lead to the end of the Cold War in 1989, official Switzerland celebrates the anniverary of this event.
Start of World War II
This Swiss president delivers an infamous appeasement speech in 1940, talking about the "path of peace" of Switzerland's three big neighbours (i.e. Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and German controlled France).
Marcel Pilet Golaz
Friedrich Leibacher shoots 14 politicians in the parliament building of this canton in 2001.
Zug
The encryption machines of Swiss manufacturer Crypto AG have backdoors, thus the secret owners of the company, intelligence agencies of these two countries, can tap customers such as Iran and Libya (name either).
USA, Germany
Swiss troops shoot three workers on the last day of the general strike in 1918 in this canton.
Solothurn
Airplanes of this Swiss manufacturer are sold as training planes, but can easily be converted into fighter planes and are used in internal conflicts in Chad, Myanmar, Iraq, Mexico and Central America.
Pilatus
Whistleblower Adam Quadroni is bullied by authorities and police after uncovering the existence of a corruption network in the construction sector of this canton in 2009.
Grisons
The murder of a girl scout in this canton by a convicted murderer on unaccompanied detention leave in 1993 leads to a major change in Swiss law enforcement
Zurich
Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber resigns after lying about meetings with Gianni Infantino, president of this organization.
Fifa
This branch of Swiss government illegaly keeps 900'000 secret files of citizens, foreign nationals, companies and organizations.
Federal police
Most famous note from the above mentioned surveillance files (about a socialist parlamentarian): "Likes to .... in the evening"
Drink a beer
Christiane Brunner, candidate of this party to government, is denied election after a campaign in conservative media attacking her lifestyle and false rumours about nude photos.
Socialist
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