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SpeechesPublished on 10 February 2025

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, President Karin Keller-Sutter took part in the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. She welcomed around 60 Swiss survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi oppression for lunch in Bern.

Lunch in honour of Swiss Holocaust survivors

  • President Karin Keller-Sutter welcomes Holocaust survivors

    On 10 February 2025, some 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, President Karin Keller-Sutter welcomed around 60 survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi oppression who made Switzerland their new home to a lunch at the Bernerhof in Bern. The liberation of Auschwitz symbolises the liberation of all the other concentration camps.

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  • President Keller-Sutter to attend ceremony marking 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

    On 27 January, around 40 heads of state and government and heads of international organisations will join Holocaust survivors at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. The President of the Swiss Confederation, Karin Keller-Sutter, will represent Switzerland at the event. She will be accompanied by two Swiss survivors.

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter, Head of the Federal Department of Finance FDF

Presidential year 2025

Karin Keller-Sutter will serve as Federal President in 2025.

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter at the start of the debate in the National Council

Biography

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter has been Head of the Federal Department of Finance FDF since January 2023.

Autograph card

Order an autographed card from the Swiss Federal President.

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter during a panel discussion with journalist Sebastian Ramspeck,

Interviews and articles

A selection of interviews with Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter.

President Karin Keller-Sutter speaks at the spring session of the Federal Assembly

Speeches

Speeches by Federal President Karin Keller-Sutter in full.