Switzerland Front Moving Robert Tobler, 1938 (b/w photo)

Robert Tobler (1901-1966), left, member and leader of the front-line movement, the Swiss equivalent to German National Socialism, in conversation with Federal Councillor Giuseppe Motta, right, in the National Council Hall in the Bundeshaus in Bern, undated photographer taken around 1938. hand” that Motta puts on Tobler's arm! Robert Tobler, doctor of jurisprudence, was one of the founders of the New Front movement at the University of Zurich in 1930 and subsequently took a leading position in the National Front party. From 1934 to 1938 he was a member of the municipal council of the city of Zurich, from 1935 to 1939 he was even a cantonal and national councillor. In January 1938, the party's constitution officially elected him party leader.