CITY AND SCHOOL
The city in the south-western corner of French-speaking Switzerland, on Lake Geneva, served Ludwig von Mises as his first place of refuge. From 1934 to 1940 he spent a very happy and productive time here at the Institut de hautes études internationales.
et du développement, during which he wrote his major German work <em>Nationalökonomie. Theorie des Handelns und Wirtschaftens</em> (Economics: A Theory of Action and Economic Activity). In 1940, however, Mises had to leave Switzerland, and with it Europe for good, bound for the United States. From 1938 until his departure, Helene Lieser worked here once again with her doctoral supervisor Mises, and she campaigned against National Socialism until the end of the Second World War.
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- APA
- Genf. (n.d.). Edited by mises.at and scholarium. Accessed July 16, 2026, from https://mises.at/en/orte/genf
- Chicago
- “Genf.” n.d. Edited by mises.at and scholarium. Accessed July 16, 2026. https://mises.at/en/orte/genf.
- German historical style
- Genf, edited by mises.at and scholarium, https://mises.at/en/orte/genf (accessed July 16, 2026).