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Removing children from Yenish and Sinti families to care homes in Switzerland during the 20th century has been declared a crime by Swiss parliament.⁠

In the declaration, the parliamentary chamber said it recognises “that a minority of Swiss citizens were victims of persecution in their own country that qualifies as a crime against humanity under current international law”.⁠

Read more here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/treatment-of-sinti-and-yenish-is-a-crime-against-humanity/91326089
TIL Aldous Huxley, author of "Brave New World", taught French to George Orwell, author of "1984", at Eton. Huxley wrote in a letter to Orwell that, while he respected "1984", he believed that his vision of dystopia in "Brave New World" was likelier to resemble the way things pan out in the world. [source, comments]
Forwarded from Die Wochenzeitung
Zeitdiagnostik: Kindsköpfe an die Macht

In der gegenwärtigen Krise haben infantile Faschisten und Techbros Oberwasser, es floriert eine Massenkultur der Kindheitsnostalgie. Warum ist das Erwachsensein zum Feindbild geworden?

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via WOZ Die Wochenzeitung - Kultur / Wissen (author: Alex Struwe)
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