Jacques Dicker (1879,

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Gattiker, Annetta.
L'affaire Conradi
'. Berne: H. Lang, 1975. p. 107 – 17 November 1942,

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Dicker, Jacques
') was a Russian-born Swiss socialist politician and lawyer. Dicker was born in a wealthy Jewish family. His father, Moises, worked as a superintendent. Dicker took up Law studies in

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. He joined the

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as a young man. He was jailed and imprisoned several times due to his political activism. He migrated to

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in 1906, fleeing the Czarist repression in the Russian empire.Association pour l'étude de l'histoire du mouvement ouvrier.
Dossier L'héritage culturel
'. Lausanne 17 (case postale 104): Association pour l'étude de l'histoire du mouvement ouvrier, 2003. p. 78 He continued his Law studies in his new homeland. He obtained his degree in 1909 and was admitted to the bar in 1915. He would become a prominent penal lawyer. Dicker became a Swiss citizen in 1915. In Swiss politics, Dicker emerged as a prominent leader of the

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.Joseph, Roger.
L'Union Natíonale: 1932-1939 ; un fascisme en Suisse romande
'. Neuchâtel: Éd. de la Baconnière, 1975. p. 11 He collaborated with

Léon Nicole Léon Nicole (10 April 1887 in Montcherand, Vaud – 28 June 1965 in Geneva) was a prominent trade unionist, journalist, politician and member of the Grand Council of Geneva and the National Council (Switzerland), Swiss National Council. In 1933, ...

at the newspaper ''

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''. Between 1922 and 1925, Dicker represented Geneva in the National Council. He returned to the National Council in 1928, and would remain a member of that body until 1941. Dicker defended Nicole in a legal case in May 1933. Being a prominent Jewish political leader, Dicker was subjected to violent antisemitic attacks. On 9 November 1932 the far-right National Union convened a meeting in the municipal hall in

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, a meeting intended to function as a tribunal against Nicole and Dicker. A leftist countermanifestation was organized. Violence broke out between demonstrators and army, killing 13 people and injuring 65.Bavaud, Pierre, and Jean-Marc Béguin.
Les oubliés: trois suisses de la guerre d'Espagne
'. St-Gingolph: Ed. Cabédita, 1998. p. 20 Dicker was one of four Socialist parliamentarians that sided with the

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when the Socialist Party went through a split in 1939. The Swiss Socialist Federation was banned on 27 May 1941 and Dicker and the other parliamentarians of the party were expelled from the National Council on 11–12 June 1941.Jeanneret, Pierre.
Popistes: histoire du Parti ouvrier et populaire vaudois, 1943-2001
'. Lausanne: Éd. d'en Bas, 2002. pp. 34-36Lang, Karl.
Solidarité, débats, mouvement: cent ans de Parti socialiste suisse, 1888-1988
'. Lausanne: Editions d'en bas, 1988. pp. 267-268

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