Ralph Hegnauer

*  22.09.1910 (Thun, Switzerland)
1937-1938 Long Term Volunteer in Spain
1944-1947 Secretary of Swiss Branch
1948-1949 Coordinator for AFSC in Gaza
1950-1951 Long Term Volunteer in India
1952-1971 International Secretary of SCI
1965-1966 SCI Coordinator in Tlemcen (Algeria)
1972-1975 International President of SCI
+ 17.11.1997 (Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland)

Trucker driver for refugee transport during Spanish Civil War for Ayuda Suiza a los niños de España  (1937-1939)

Representative of Swiss SCI branch at  International Comittee Meeting, Herzberg (Switzerland) (1946)

International Secretary of SCI in Paris (1948)

Long term volunteer in India and Pakistan  (1951)

Sources in SCI Archives

Publications

10104.07 Ralph Hegnauer : Pierre Ceresole 1879-1945. Der Aufbau, No.42/22, Zürich (1.6.1961)

10105.03 Ralph Hegnauer : Pierre Ceresole 1879-1945. Neue Wege, No.59/10, Zürich (Oktober 1965)

11102.05 Ralph Hegnauer : Der Internationale Zivildienst, was ist er ? Was will er ?, Zürich (1946)

11102.06 Ralph Hegnauer : Renseignement sur le Mouvement SCI. Zürich (1946)

11102.33 Ralph Hegnauer : Arbeit in Indien und Pakistan 1950-51.Basel (1953)

11102.34 Ralph Hegnauer : Le service civil international en Inde et au Pakistan 1950-51.Basel (1953)

11104.48 Ralph Hegnauer : Le combattant non violent – Les possibilités d’une résistance non militaire

11108A.47 Ralph Hegnauer : Geschichte und Entwicklung des SCI.Virus (antimilitarist monthlyl Magazine), No.18, Zürich (September 1979)

11116.05 Ralph Hegnauer : A Lifelong Volunteer, Biography and Thought of a Passionate Peacemaker. Rome (1999)

11116.11 Idy Hegnauer : Das Leben schreibt Geschichten. Affoltern am Albis (2001)

In Memoria of SCI Members

11251 Ralph Hegnauer, Aarau (Switzerland) 22.9.1910 -17.11.1997

11251.11 Articles, various texts. 1950 – 1997

11251.12 Vision Days in commemoration of Ralph Hegnauer, Easter 11.-12.4.1998, Herzberg 1998

11251.2 Booklets, Bulletins. 1960 – 1999

11251.3 Excerpts from letters to his wife, Idy Hegnauer, and thoughts (Gedanken im
Vorübergehen)

Photos

61601.1 Pierre and Lise Ceresole, Ernest Ceresole, Jean Inebnit, Edmond Privat, Alice Decoeudre, Ralph and Idy Hegnauer (Thedy von Fellenberg)

61601.2 Ralph Hegnauer and the SCI International Archives in La Chaux-de-Fonds, December 1996.

Interviews

64201.5 Ralph Hegnauer, Interviewed by P.Rodriguez and J.Ehrismann in German (Swiss) in Affoltern am Albis (CH), 7.December 1996 [incl. German transcription]

64201.6 Ralph and Idy Hegnauer, Interview by Annvi Gardberg in Affoltern am Albis (CH), German, 5 Tapes, 1992 [incl. German transcription]