Czechoslovakian Refugees - Zurich, Switzerland
N 47° 22.190 E 008° 32.461
32T E 465347 N 5246365
A plaque embedded in the sidewalk next to the Fraumünster Church gives thanks to the Swiss people for accepting Czechoslovakians during the Warsaw Pact invasion in Czechoslovakia.
Waymark Code: WMMJ8V
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Date Posted: 09/27/2014
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The plaque reads:
Dank dem Schweizer volk für die neue heimat in Freiheit die flüchtlinge aus der Tschechoslowakei in der Schweiz
21. August 1968-1978
[English Translation]
Thanks to the Swiss people for the new home in the freedom of refugees from Czechoslovakia in Switzerland
21 August 1968 to 1978
The following information about the Warsaw Pact invasion in Czechoslovakia is from Wikipedia (
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"On the night of 20–21 August 1968, the Soviet Union and its main allies in the Warsaw Pact—Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, and Poland; Romania notably refused to participate—invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in order to halt Alexander Dubcek's Prague Spring political liberalisation reforms.
In the operation, codenamed Danube, approximately 500,000 troops attacked Czechoslovakia; approximately 500 Czechs and Slovaks were wounded and 108 killed in the invasion. The invasion successfully stopped the liberalisation reforms and strengthened the authority of the conservative wing within the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC). The foreign policy of the Soviet Union during this era was known as the Brezhnev Doctrine."