Kinder der Landstrasse

Das Hilfswerk für die Kinder der Landstrasse (literally: "the aid organization for the children of the country road"), more commonly known as Kinder der Landstrasse, was a project implemented by the Swiss foundation Pro Juventute from 1926 to 1973. The project aimed to assimilate the itinerant Yenish people in Switzerland by institutionalizing the parents and forcibly removing their children and placing them in orphanages or foster homes. Approximately 590 children were affected by this program.^[1]^[2]

^ Huonker, Thomas; Ludi, Regula (2001). Roma, Sinti und Jenische. Schweizerische Zigeunerpolitik zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus. Beitrag zur Forschung [Roma, Sinti and Yenish. Swiss Gypsy policy during the National Socialist era. Contribution to research] (PDF). Veröffentlichungen der UEK (Report) (in German). Vol. 23. UEK, Swiss Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-07-26.
^ Gaillard, Florence (2007-12-12). "Le passé enfin écrit des enfants enlevés en Suisse" [The past finally written of the children abducted in Switzerland]. Le Temps (in French). Geneva. Archived from the original on 2024-06-19., an historical study spanning the years from 1926 to 1973.

[uek-schlussbericht-1] Huonker, Thomas; Ludi, Regula (2001). Roma, Sinti und Jenische. Schweizerische Zigeunerpolitik zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus. Beitrag zur Forschung [Roma, Sinti and Yenish. Swiss Gypsy policy during the National Socialist era. Contribution to research] (PDF). Veröffentlichungen der UEK (Report) (in German). Vol. 23. UEK, Swiss Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-07-26.

[2] Gaillard, Florence (2007-12-12). "Le passé enfin écrit des enfants enlevés en Suisse" [The past finally written of the children abducted in Switzerland]. Le Temps (in French). Geneva. Archived from the original on 2024-06-19., an historical study spanning the years from 1926 to 1973.

[1]

[2]