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Following several violent clashes between young people and the municipal police in Switzerland’s largest city during the summer of 1968, the city council, in consultation with the cantonal government, decided to purchase four modern water cannons—two for the municipal police and two for the cantonal police. In doing so, however, the city council overstepped its authority and bypassed the municipal assembly. In the already tense political climate, the purchase immediately turned into a scandal and became a subject of controversy in the media. In the spring of 1969, journalists Robert Naef and Peter Fasler from the popular magazine Sie und Er sought to capitalize on readers’ keen interest in the story. Accompanied by photographer Eric Bachmann, the two reporters went to the Wädenswil cantonal police station and positioned themselves directly in the line of fire of the water cannon, capturing the striking photographs featured in this book, which are now being published in their entirety for the first time. The "One-Man Water Cannon Test" contains unique historical documents that offer a fresh perspective on the heated political atmosphere of the late 1960s in Zurich.
Published by Everyedition 2023
160 pages
220 x 330 mm
ISBN 978-3-907384-06-0
Following several violent clashes between young people and the municipal police in Switzerland’s largest city during the summer of 1968, the city council, in consultation with the cantonal government, decided to purchase four modern water cannons—two for the municipal police and two for the cantonal police. In doing so, however, the city council overstepped its authority and bypassed the municipal assembly. In the already tense political climate, the purchase immediately turned into a scandal and became a subject of controversy in the media. In the spring of 1969, journalists Robert Naef and Peter Fasler from the popular magazine Sie und Er sought to capitalize on readers’ keen interest in the story. Accompanied by photographer Eric Bachmann, the two reporters went to the Wädenswil cantonal police station and positioned themselves directly in the line of fire of the water cannon, capturing the striking photographs featured in this book, which are now being published in their entirety for the first time. The "One-Man Water Cannon Test" contains unique historical documents that offer a fresh perspective on the heated political atmosphere of the late 1960s in Zurich.
Published by Everyedition 2023
160 pages
220 x 330 mm
ISBN 978-3-907384-06-0
