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“Discarded children”

In a dark period of Swiss history, children from poor backgrounds were removed from their homes and resettled.

A touring national exhibition on the “Verdingkinder”, or “discarded children”, highlights the children’s plight.

All images: Paul Senn, FFV, Kunstmuseum Bern, Dep. GKS. © GKS.

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