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120 documenti iconografici sull’immigrazione e la migrazione interna in Svizzera

The 120 objects, photos and documents, brought together in seven workshops, which recall the migrants' leaving and arriving, were photographed and supplied with accompanying captions which illiuminate their biographical contexts.

keyword search leaving age arriving work poverty emigrating insults german language parents grandchildren parties escaping women freedom being foreign friends peace spouse smells presents siblings happiness grandparents homesick marriage place of origin language innovation catholic church children contact war love army neighbours nationality politics suitcase remigration school solidarity social background animals traditions transculturalism support greatgrandparents other relations destination future

The pictorial documents were digitalised and archived at the Swiss Social Archive and are available to archive users in CD-ROM format to study there or to borrow.

The prior consent of the copyright holder (AV-Produktionen Heinz Nigg) is required for printing or other public use or display (TV, Video/Film, Internet) of the pictorial documents.

Archive number of the Swiss Social Archive: F 5021