authorities have officially recognized the "Swiss Yenish and Sinti" as a "national minority". With the ratification of the European language charter in 1997, Switzerland has given the status of a "territorial non-tied language" to the Yenish language. Yenish organisations Radgenossenschaft der Landstrasse (Switzerland) Jenischer Kulturverband (Austria) Jenischer Bund in Deutschland und Europa (Germany) Woonwagenbelangen Nederland. (Netherlands) Film and television 1957: Es geschah am hellichten Tag 1979: Das gefrorene Herz 1992: Kinder der Landstrasse 2008: Hunkeler macht Sachen 2016: Fog in August based on the 2008 book Fog in August 2017: Dove cadono le ombre Notable people Mariella Mehr (1947–2022), notable for documenting the plight she suffered under the Kinder der Landstrasse project in the 1970s, contributing to its discontinuation Stephan Eicher (b. 1960), Swiss musician, Yenish on his father's side , Luxembourgish musician and variete performer Rafael van der Vaart (b. 1983), football player References External links