Image of sheet 19900150 photo 8: Während der 'Fichendemo' in Bern wurden vor dem Bundeshaus Autos verbrannt, Bern 1990. Europe Protest A masked protester in front of a burning car in front of the Parliament Building of the Bundeshaus. The Fichenaffäre or Secret Files Scandal shook public opinion in Switzerland in 1989. That year, it was revealed that the Swiss federal authorities, as well as the cantonal police forces, had put in place a system of mass surveillance of the population

Cars were burned in front of the Federal Palace in protest against the so-called «Fichen-Skandal», Bern 1990.

Sheet 19900150 Photo 8