🧵 I'm browsing 'Zivilverteidigung,' the Swiss national defence book from 1969.
The Swiss took their nuclear defence very seriously. Many buildings (my own included) are still built today with nuclear bunkers in the cellars.
The UK's own 'Protect & Survive' booklet was 30 pages, whereas, the Swiss 'Zivilverteidigung' is 320 pages.
Great graphic design, too. Here's a thread of random images. #coldwar#switzerland#graphicdesign#illustration
The role of women is ludicrously traditional in the book (no surprise, given that Swiss women weren't able to vote until the 1970s and, in one canton, as late as 1990). They're caregivers who provide only emotional support.
However... "women who have to go out on the street [should] dress inconspicuously and avoid anything that might arouse the desire of
foreign soldiers . Whoever flirts with the enemy will meet with our contempt today and the harsh punishment tomorrow ".
@Richard_Littler random memory of attending at least one big rave/party in a random apartment block's bunker in the outskirts of zurich back in my uni days...
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