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The postal service reads your mail. From the 20th century onwards, it mainly searched for messages written in invisible ink. Illustration by Marco Heer.

The right to privacy, except during wartime – Swiss National Museum

Posted on December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 by Admin

During times of political unrest – especially during the two world wars – state censors monitored private as well as military correspondence. They made no attempt to hide their actions.

Nadja Ackermann

Nadja Ackermann is a scientific archivist responsible for company archives in the Burgerbibliothek Bern.

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