"I would have torn up a letter" (Swiss Press Text 2014, by Marcel Elsener) - Swiss Press Award

St.Galler Tagblatt

Marcel Elsener

A department head in the St. Gallen building administration and former city and cantonal parliamentarian expressed his joy in an email about the deaths of Jewish tourists. I met the man during those days when he was under pressure from the outraged public and fearing for his job (which he later lost).