[2] He received his PhD from the University of Basel in 1972 with a thesis on censorship in Switzerland during the Second World War.

[4] He was appointed a member of the Bergier Commission of historians to investigate Switzerland’s conduct during World War II.

[5] Kreis was quoted by the New York Times as stating he felt the scandal about Nazi Gold and the World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks unearthed anti-Semitism that had always been part of the Swiss societal fabric.

[7] Kreis also lead a renowned 2014 project to write an all-encompassing history of Switzerland, based on newly released archival sources.

[11] [12] [13] [14] In 2022, Georg Kreis gave multiple interviews to the Swiss press about current affairs.