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Agassizhorn: Mountain of Shame
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Agassizhorn: Mountain of Shame

Dec 5, 2018
0h 27m
★ 0.0

Overview

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

Production Companies

Lichtgarage

Cast

Hans Fässler

Himself

Hans Fässler

Lukas Preiswerk

Himself

Lukas Preiswerk

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