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  • openinghours.days.long.saturday Open till openinghours.days.long.monday closed

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Special opening times

  • 23.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 19:00

  • 27.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 28.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 29.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 30.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2025 10:00 - 19:00

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Today

10:00 - 17:00

Opening times

Museum, boutique and bistro

  • openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.wednesday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.thursday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.friday Open till openinghours.days.long.sunday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Library

  • openinghours.days.long.tuesday Open till openinghours.days.long.wednesday openinghours.and openinghours.days.long.friday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.thursday openinghours.openfromto.long

  • openinghours.days.long.saturday Open till openinghours.days.long.monday closed

Closed on public holidays.

Special opening times

  • 23.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • Christmas Eve 24.12.2024 10:00 - 14:00

  • Christmas 25.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • St. Stephen´s Day 26.12.2024 10:00 - 19:00

  • 27.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 28.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 29.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • 30.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Eve 31.12.2024 10:00 - 17:00

  • New Year´s Day 01.01.2025 10:00 - 17:00

  • Saint Berchtold 02.01.2025 10:00 - 19:00

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Begegnung

Was braucht es, damit es ins Rollen kommt?

Erfahrungsaustausch mit Zeitzeuginnen und Zeitzeugen

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Seit 2008 findet in der Schweiz eine breite gesellschaftspolitische Aufarbeitung der Fürsorgepraxis unter Zwang statt, die ihren Anfang um die Jahrtausendwende nahm. Noch früher, 1972 veröffentlichte der Schweizer Beobachter die Recherchen von Hans Caprez zur Aktion «Kinder der Landstrasse» der Pro Juventute und die Schweiz musste reagieren.

Was braucht es, damit eine gesellschaftspolitische Aufarbeitung möglich wird? Welche Rolle kommt dabei den Medien zu? Wie erleben Betroffene die noch laufende Aufarbeitung und Erinnerungsarbeit?

In dieser Begegnung sprechen Uschi Waser, Zeitzeugin und Präsidentin der Stiftung Naschet Jenische, und Heinz Kräuchi, Zeitzeuge und Co-Autor «Knabenheim ‘Auf der Grube’», über ihre Erfahrungen mit Dominique Strebel, Chef-Redaktor, und Otto Hostettler, Redaktor/Reporter des Schweizer Beobachters.

Moderation: Loretta Seglias, Historikerin und Co-Kuratorin von «Erfahrungen Schweiz: Fremdplatziert».

Landesmuseum Zürich

Museumstrasse 2
8021 Zürich

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The installation

Keyvisual of the exhibition Experiences of Switzerland – Forced Fostering

State intervention in the lives of people who failed to conform to social standards was once common practice in Switzerland. Moreover, these enforced welfare measures were not restricted to adults; they also affected hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers up to the 1980s. They were taken from their parents or other carers and placed in institutions or with foster families. Many of them suffered violence and abuse, were forced to work hard and received inadequate schooling. The video installation shows people who underwent this treatment telling their personal stories, what it was like for them, how it affects them still and why they are sharing their experiences today.

The format

Sometimes objects fail to tell the full story behind formative developments in Switzerland’s recent past. That’s why the “Experiences of Switzerland” format centres on contemporary witnesses. Their fate and experiences give visitors a diverse picture of Swiss contemporary history. The theme changes annually. The format does not involve objects, opting instead for a large-format and immersive projection relaying sound through headphones as well as a station with additional information on the latest research results and the cultural-historical context of the subject.

Installation details