What the records say
- When
- 9 Sep 1932
- Kind
- Protest
- Deaths
- 13
- Coordinates
- 46.19° N, 6.14° E
- Description
- 1932 shooting perpetrated by the Swiss Army against participants to an anti-fascist demonstration
- Injured
- 65
November 1932 Geneva shooting
Swiss Army killing of anti-fascist protestors
On the afternoon of the 9th of November 1932, elements of the Swiss Army under Major Perret fired live rounds into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters in Plainpalais in Geneva, killing 13 and wounding 65.
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