Jacques Dicker

Jacques Dicker (1879, Khotyn, Bessarabia[1] – 17 November 1942, Geneva[2]) was a Russian-born Swiss socialist politician and lawyer.

In Swiss politics, Dicker emerged as a prominent leader of the Socialist Party in Geneva.

[2] Being a prominent Jewish political leader, Dicker was subjected to violent antisemitic attacks.

Violence broke out between demonstrators and army, killing 13 people and injuring 65.

The Swiss Socialist Federation was banned on 27 May 1941 and Dicker and the other parliamentarians of the party were expelled from the National Council on 11–12 June 1941.