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Switzerland is everywhere, even in deepest America.

The Swiss Roots project launched by Presence Switzerland, the Swiss government’s promotional arm, in 2006 is aimed at helping one million Americans of Swiss descent discover their ancestral roots. Photographer Geri Stocker travelled to America to record some traces of Swiss presence.

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