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- 1 2 3 4 5 National Union in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
- ↑ "'L'Union nationale (1932–1939) : Un fascisme en Suisse Romande'". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ↑ Christoph Blocher, 'Switzerland and the Second World War - A Clarification' Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ '1932 - The Geneva Massacre'
- ↑ Alan Morris Schom, 'A Survey of Nazi and Pro-Nazi Groups in Switzerland: 1930-1945' Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
