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 RENAMING OF AGASSIZHORN REJECTED BY THE COMMUNITIES WHO SHARE THE SUMMIT. DECISION BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES PENDING. MEANWHILE PETITION CONTINUES.

In their letter dated end of July 2010, the three communities who share the Agassizhorn summit (Grindelwald BE, Guttannen BE, Fieschertal VS) have rejected the petition to have the Swiss Alpine peak of 3953 metres above sea level renamed. 2500 men and women from all over the world had voiced that demand because in the 19th century Agassiz was one of the champions of the so-called "scientific" racism and a pioneering thinker of apartheid, who had commissioned the photo of Renty, a slave from the Congo, to be taken, in order to prove the "inferiority of the black race". The "De-mounting Louis Agassiz" committee, who had demanded the renaming since May 2007, is sadly disappointed by this decision and particularly deplores that even the submitted compromise of giving the name of "Rentyhorn" to an unknown peak in the vicinity of Agassizhorn has not met with the approval of the Oberland communal authorities. However, since the decision by the federal authorities is still pending, we continue the petition. And for summer 2012 we are planning an exhibition on the racism of Louis Agassiz in Grindelwald's Museum of Local History.


Exhibition on the glaciologist and racist Louis Agassiz (1807-2012) in Grindelwald's Museum of Local History, Canton of Berne, Switzerland, from July to September 2012. Museum opening hours: 3 pm to 6 pm, closed on Monday and Saturday. Opening night: Friday, 29th June, 2012, 6 pm.
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Louis Agassiz (1807-1873)
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