At the International Archives of Service Civil International more than 600 archive boxes, containing around 80 years of history of this international peace organisation, are conserved.

The Archives are located in the town library of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the north west of Switzerland.

Examples of records which can be consulted in the Archives:

• First Service in the by the war damaged region of Verdun (F) (1920)
• Clearing work by around 700 international volunteers after heavy floods in Liechtenstein (Rhine Valley) (FL) (1928)
• Relief activities for civilians and refugees during the Spanish Civil War (1937-39)
• Reconstruction after the 2nd World War in Germany, France, Czechoslovakia, ... (1945-1949)
• East-West exchange of volunteers (CSSR, Poland, USSR, GDR, ...) (since 1955)
• Reconstruction of destroyed villages (Community development), building up of medical services and primary teaching for children after Algerian War (1962-1968)
• Model Services for Conscientious objectors in Switzerland (1973-79)

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