Switzerland Citizens - Zurich, Switzerland
N 47° 22.190 E 008° 32.469
32T E 465357 N 5246365
A plaque embedded in the sidewalk next to the Fraumünster Church gives thanks to Switzerland citizens for aiding Kosovars during and after the Kosovo Crisis.
Waymark Code: WMMJ97
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Date Posted: 09/27/2014
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The gray granite plaque reads:
Dank
Die Kosovarische bevölkerung dankt der Schweiz für die humanitäre aufnahme und unterstützung während und nach der Kosova-Krise 1998/99
[English Translation]
Thanks
The Kosovar population thanks Switzerland citizens for humanitarian intake and support during and after the Kosovo Crisis 1998/99
The following information about the Kosovo Crisis is from Wikipedia (
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"The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (by this time, consisting of the Republics of Montenegro and Serbia) which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian rebel group known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) with air support from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), (from 24th March 1999), and ground support from the Albanian army.
The war ended with the Kumanovo Treaty, with Yugoslav forces agreeing to withdraw from Kosovo to make way for an international presence."
The following additional information about Kosovar refugees is also from Wikipedia (
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"Kosovar Albanians are ethnic Albanians with ancestry or descent in the region, regardless of whether they live in Kosovo. A large Kosovar Albanian diaspora has formed since the Kosovo War, mostly in Germany and Switzerland. An estimated 500,000 Kosovar Albanians live in either Switzerland or Germany (about 300,000 in Germany and 200,000 in Switzerland), accounting for roughly one fifth of the total number of Kosovar Albanians."