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The execution of Ernst Schrämli (1942) During the Second World War, Ernst Schrämli from St. Gallen was sentenced to death for spying and executed on 10 November 1942 in a small wood in eastern Switzerland. Schrämli had relayed military secrets and information to a German agent. Portrait of Ernst Schrämli. Swiss Federal Archives Ernst Schrämli (left) on a horse. Swiss Federal Archives Letter from the Military Divisional Court to the Federal Council dated 20 October 1942 regarding the legality of the death sentence against Ernst Schrämli. Swiss Federal Archives https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2024/10/the-execution-of-ernst-s/

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