A border between poverty and persecution
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Inleiding
A temporary exhibition on smugglers and refugees between Italy and Switzerland during the Second World War.
The border with Italy was by far the area which saw the most intense levels of smuggling. The exhibition traces the history of smuggling, focusing on its most memorable period: the Second World War. Spared from the expansionist ambitions of the menacing Axis powers, Switzerland was literally invaded by an army of smugglers. Men, women and even children from the Italian border villages saw this tough and dangerous activity as a means of alleviating their difficult financial situations.
In those turbulent years, with the centre-north of Italy occupied by the Wehrmacht and ravaged by civil war, thousands of military and civil refugees, especially politicians and Jews, poured into Switzerland. Around 26,000 military and 12,000 civilian refugees were granted entry into Ticino and Mesolcina, of whom around 4,500 were Jews. But many people were also turned away. Some of the Jews who were refused entry were arrested and deported to Auschwitz, from where few returned.
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Info evenementen
- zondag 20 september 2026
- dinsdag 22 september 2026
- woensdag 23 september 2026
- donderdag 24 september 2026
- vrijdag 25 september 2026
- zaterdag 26 september 2026
- zondag 27 september 2026
- dinsdag 29 september 2026
- woensdag 30 september 2026
- donderdag 1 oktober 2026
- vrijdag 2 oktober 2026
- zaterdag 3 oktober 2026
- zondag 4 oktober 2026
- dinsdag 6 oktober 2026
- woensdag 7 oktober 2026
- donderdag 8 oktober 2026
- vrijdag 9 oktober 2026
- zaterdag 10 oktober 2026
- zondag 11 oktober 2026
- dinsdag 13 oktober 2026
- woensdag 14 oktober 2026
- donderdag 15 oktober 2026
- vrijdag 16 oktober 2026
- zaterdag 17 oktober 2026
- zondag 18 oktober 2026
Ontdek de omgeving
Schweizerisches Zollmuseum
Cantine di Gandria
6978
Gandria
Zwitserland
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