50 Amazing Swiss Immigrants - true stories you should know about

The inspiring stories of 50 immigrants to Switzerland everyone should know about.This book explores the diverse accomplishments and strengths of immigrants to Switzerland. One-page biographies give readers a glimpse into the lives of fifty cliché-breaking immigrants - both historical and contemporary - who inspire and intrigue. Each biography is completed with a unique colour illustration by Swiss illustrator Mireille Lachausse. Read about famous Swiss immigrants in a new way, including Albert Einstein, Audrey Hepburn, and Xherdan Shaqiri, but also meet some lesser known heroes: Naima Serroukh, who fights extremism, Mehari Afewerki, who opened a restaurant run by people who cannot hear, or Tendol Gyalzur, who promised the Dalai Lama she would help rebuild Tibet. These are inspiring activists, entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes and other daring and ingenious people who have made important contributions to the world around them. Many have also endured great sacrifices. One thing is certain: Switzerland wouldn't be the same without them.

Summary

The inspiring stories of 50 immigrants to Switzerland everyone should know about.

This book explores the diverse accomplishments and strengths of immigrants to Switzerland. One-page biographies give readers a glimpse into the lives of fifty cliché-breaking immigrants - both historical and contemporary - who inspire and intrigue. Each biography is completed with a unique colour illustration by Swiss illustrator Mireille Lachausse.

Read about famous Swiss immigrants in a new way, including Albert Einstein, Audrey Hepburn, and Xherdan Shaqiri, but also meet some lesser known heroes: Naima Serroukh, who fights extremism, Mehari Afewerki, who opened a restaurant run by people who cannot hear, or Tendol Gyalzur, who promised the Dalai Lama she would help rebuild Tibet.

These are inspiring activists, entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes and other daring and ingenious people who have made important contributions to the world around them. Many have also endured great sacrifices. One thing is certain: Switzerland wouldn't be the same without them.

Product details

• Authors: Kat Hayoz, Katie Hayoz, Mireille Lachausse, Anita Lehmann, Laurie Theurer, Laurie et al Theurer
• Assisted by: Mireille Lachausse (Illustration)
• Publisher: Bergli
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2023
• EAN: 9783038691471
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3869147-1
• No. of pages: 111
• Dimensions: 206 mm x 257 mm x 15 mm
• Series: English Books
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Schweiz, Swissness, empfohlenes Alter: ab 8 Jahre, Charlie Chaplin, Biographie, History, Switzerland, True stories, Audrey Hepburn, Else Lasker-Schüler, Accomplishment, Otto Frank, Xherdan Shaqiri, Bhumibol Adulyadej, John Howe, Jacob Schweppe, Immigrants, Marc Storace, Marguerite Weidauer-Wallenda, Zarina Tadjibaeva, Lavinia Heisenberg, Sanaz Wasser, Maurice Béjart, Desideruis Erasmus Roterodamus, Monisha Kaltenborn, Tendol Gyalzur, Naima Serroukh, Sadou Bah, Lydia Canaan, Okbaab Tesfamarian, Michael N. Hall, Nicolas Hayek, Ernesto Ricou, F.B. de Felice, Habiba Osman, Joseph Samuel Farinet, Clement J. Heaton, Zineb Benkhelifa, Elsa Gasser-Pfau, Angela Kerrison, Sarah Harbarth, Temo Kilioni Waqanivalu, Jerome Ake Beda, Dan Stein, Mortaza Shahed, Margarita Chli, Brigitte Lembwadio Kanyama, Ambrosius Hiltl, Weimar Arnez, Toni Ricciardi, Sonam Dolma Brauen, Mehari Afewerki, Heeja Brodtbeck-Kim, Daniela Marino, Susan Tiberghien