![The «Zivilverteidigungsbuch» was produced in the style of the 1958 «Soldatenbuch».](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titel-zivilverteidigungsbuch-300x225.jpg)
The civil defence of 1969: the war in people’s heads
In 1969, the Federal Council had a little red booklet distributed to every household in Switzerland. It was the Zivilverteidigungsbuch, the Civil Defence book. The book caused red faces for years…
![Provocative illustrations played an important role in the «Zivilverteidigungsbuch».](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/buch-innen-300x223.jpg)
![Federal Councillor Ludwig von Moos (in the middle) in Bern in 1959.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/ludwig-von-moos-300x243.jpg)
![A possible nuclear war was one of the topics covered in the «Zivilverteidigungsbuch».](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/atom-200x300.jpg)
![In addition to provocative illustrations, factual infographics were also included.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/grafik-sachlich-300x233.jpg)
![Portrait of Albert Bachmann, 1981.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Albert-Bachmann-300x207.jpg)
![Demonstrators burn copies of the «Zivilverteidigungsbuch» on Bern’s Bundesplatz, December 1969.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/protest-bundesplatz-300x198.jpg)
![The «Zivilverteidigungsbuch» was adopted by other countries and translated into the relevant languages.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/internationale-bucher-300x132.jpg)