![A newspaper by refugees for refugees was produced in Swiss internment camps from the end of November 1944.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titel-emigrantenzeitung-300x225.jpg)
A newspaper by refugees for refugees
Towards the end of the Second World War, a newspaper was published in Switzerland that was not intended for public distribution yet nevertheless circulated throughout the country. It was written by emigrants in the internment camps.
![Caricature of the relationship between Switzerland and the refugees, 1945.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/helvetia-2-215x300.jpg)
The future cultural elite of the GDR
![A delegation of GDR creatives visiting the USSR, 1948. They include Michael Tschesno-Hell (third from left) and Stephan Hermlin (far right).](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/ddr-kulturschaffende-300x237.jpg)
![The process of making the newspaper, as drawn tongue-in-cheek by illustrator Werner Saul.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Entstehung-Zeitung-209x300.jpg)
![Life after the war gained in importance with each successive issue.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Zukunft-300x217.jpg)
![Therese Giehse on the cover of the newspaper in September 1945.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Cover-Giehse-222x300.jpg)
![Front cover of the Über die Grenzen newspaper by Hans Erni, October 1945.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Cover-Erni-217x300.jpg)