Beat Kuhn

Beat Kuhn

Beat Kuhn is Regional Editor at the Bieler Tagblatt and pulls out the occasional exciting news story from the archives.

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The “Gilberte legend” lives on

Beat Kuhn 23.08.2022 Gilberte Montavon continued to be a unifying force in Switzerland during World War II. No longer in person now, but on the theatre stage, in bookshops and on the cinema screen.
Scene from the film “Gilberte de Courgenay” featuring Anne-Marie Blanc.

A waitress becomes a legend

Beat Kuhn 22.08.2022 During World War I Gilberte Montavon from Courgenay was a ray of light for Swiss-German soldiers, easing the drudgery of their day-to-day life on the border.
Photograph of Gilberte Montavon in a military album, c. 1915.

Murder on Säntis

Beat Kuhn 28.02.2022 In February 1922, the operator of the Säntis weather station and his wife became victims of a crime. New findings are shining a light on the dark story behind this crime that caused widespread consternation.
View of Säntis from Seealpsee lake, circa 1890. Photography by Albert Riggenbach-Burckhardt.