Agassizhorn: Mountain of Shame
Agassizhorn: Mountain of Shame

Agassizhorn: Mountain of Shame

2018-12-05 | 27 min

In the Bernese Alps, the Agassizhorn peak memorialises Louis Agassiz – a controversial 19th-century scientist, who not only named the mountain after himself, but who claimed he had discovered the Ice Age and went on to become one of the century's most virulent, most influential racists.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Hans Fässler

Hans Fässler

Lukas Preiswerk

Lukas Preiswerk

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