An article about the recognition by Switzerland of the crimes against Humanity committed by the state against Jenische. And this until 1972…
Following the illegal action of the police in the Canton of Valais, stopping caravans of Roma, an article that totally missed the point. It says that Jenische object being thrown in the same bag as Roma travellers and misses the fact that the real issue is the lack of camping site.
We are not speaking of a large issue: There are maybe 3’000 YEnische travellers, and the same number of Roma who come over the summer…
Switzerland admitted this week that they committed a crime against humanity when they took away the children of Yenische in the so-called Kinder der Landstrasse between 1926 and 1973. Over 600 children were removed from their families. The press also mentions Sinti and Manouches. They were not really affected by this, as the action was truly centred in the Swiss German part of the country and against Yenische.
However, this legal brief and the Swiss government denied the genocidal aspect of this action.
A movie about the Yenish, a group of European Travellers in mostly German speaking lands is being presented at the Venice Film Festival.
The Swiss government decided to cut the subsidies for Jenische and Sinti in Switzerland. They were already not generous.
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