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1949 - Max Bladeck: Beyond class war
Max Bladeck joined the Communist Party as a young German coal miner in the 1920s. He remained loyal during the Hitler years when tens of thousands of communists were imprisoned or lost their lives. By... Read More
1948 - Paul Misraki: Soundtrack for a new Germany
Germany was in ruins. Europe was in ruins. Millions had been killed; millions more wounded and displaced. There were also ruins of the mind, deep collective trauma in desperate need of healing. In the... Read More
1947 - Peter Petersen: ‘All our defences crumbled’
‘At that time, even a dog would have refused a bit of bread from the hand of a German,’ remembered Peter Petersen, one of 150 Germans who the Allies allowed to come to Caux in 1947. They were some of ... Read More
1946 - Trudi Trüssel: ‘You can’t build with only one class’
"Deep down inside, I blamed the rich, I held them responsible for so many people’s unhappiness. I couldn’t accept that some could have everything they wanted without having to lift a little finger, wh... Read More
Governance of Land in the Sahel
How can we catalyse human security and building climate resilience through land restoration? Held on 2nd December 2020, this live webinar followed that of the 10th July 2020 on “Land and security in S... Read More
75 years, 75 stories
"My story is not special, or mine. It belongs to this conference centre. It is 75 years long and contains hundreds of thousands of train rides, walks, talks, teas, conversations, and quiet moments of ... Read More
Spring cleaning at the Caux Palace
Our hospitality team is using the calmer winter months to transform the Caux Conference and Seminar Centre. Cleaning out storage rooms and offices feels like a treasure hunt in the vast, 29,500 square... Read More
New year, new address in Geneva!
As all organizations, we have been impacted by Covid financially but it has also impacted our way of working. Working remotely has now become the new normal for our team and so we’ve decided to downsi... Read More
Culture, origins and freedom
"Time and again, encounters with people who have different cultural roots from me have challenged and often overwhelmed me. But it is these encounters that have allowed me to keep growing, both in my ... Read More
‘Afghanistan gave me roots, Denmark gave me wings’
Abeda Nasrat came to Denmark as a refugee from Afghanistan at the age of two. She now studies Law at the University of Copenhagen and works as a student assistant at the Danish Institute for Human Ri... Read More
What does it take to be an entrepreneur?
Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2020 included e-space, a three-day hybrid event, which offered a range of master classes and conferences. Rainer Gude, Co-Director General of Initiatives of Ch... Read More
Tools for surviving a crisis
During Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2020, Initiatives of Change Switzerland took part in e-space, a three-day hybrid event, which offered a range of master classes and conferences. Annika ... Read More