Jean-François Bergier

Jean-François Bergier (5 December 1931 in Lausanne) is a Swiss historian. After obtaining a Ph.D at the University of Geneva in 1963, he became professor of economic history and social economics in the same University. In 1969, he became full professor of history at the Institute for History at the ETH Zurich, a position he kept until his retirement in 1999.

In December 1996, he was appointed president of the "Independent Commission of Experts: Switzerland - Second World War", most often called Bergier commission. He kept this position unil 19 December 2001 when the Commission was dissolved.

External links

* [http://www.uek.ch/en/_kommissionsmitglieder.htm Biography] on the website of the Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland – Second World War.
* [http://fm-eth.ethz.ch/eth/peoplefinder/FMPro?-db=whoiswho.fp5&-format=who%5fdetail%5fen.html&-lay=html&who%5ffk%5flegacy=435&-recid=34537&-find= Biography] on the website on the ETHZ.
* [http://www.aidh.org/Racisme/2e_guerre/doss_tge09.htm Tribune de Geneve interview of 23 March 2002] On the website of Les droits de l'homme.