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Remembering Edmund Schönenberger: From Left-Wing Lawyer to Serbian Farmer

Edmund Schönenberger, who co-founded the left-wing Zurich lawyers’ collective, who helped countless people who had been subjected to forced psychiatric treatment and ultimately lived as a farmer in Serbia, died at the age of 81

Edmund Schönenberger, the Zurich lawyer on his Serbian farm: A scene from the 2010 film “Edmund in Knezevac”.

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Big words were his business. When the professional inspector wanted to revoke Edmund Schönenberger’s license to practice law in 1999 (not for the first time), he insisted on a public hearing and began his plea in front of a full audience by quoting the heretic Giordano Bruno: “You may announce the verdict with greater fear than I do take it!”

2023-08-19 20:00:05
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