As in many other countries, child labour in Switzerland affected among the so-called Kaminfegerkinder ("chimney sweep children") and chidren working p.e. in spinning mills, factories and in agriculture in 19th-century Switzerland, but also to the 1960s so-called Verdingkinder (literally: "contract children" or "indentured child laborers") were children who were taken from their parents, often due to poverty or moral reasons – usually mothers being unmarried, very poor citizens, of Gypsy–Yeniche origin, so-called Kinder der Landstrasse, etc. – and sent to live with new families, often poor farmers who needed cheap labour.
As in many other countries , child labour in Switzerland affected among the so - called Kaminfegerkinder ( " chimney sweep children " ) and chidren working p.e . in spinning mills , factories and in agriculture in 19th - century Switzerland , but also to the 1960s so - called Verdingkinder ( literally : " contract children " or " indentured child laborers " ) were children who were taken from their parents , often due to poverty or moral reasons – usually mothers being unmarried , very poor citizens , of Gypsy – Yeniche origin , so - called Kinder der Landstrasse , etc . – and sent to live with new families , often poor farmers who needed cheap labour .
What types of child labour did Switzerland employ?
What types of child labour did Switzerland employ ?
spinning mills, factories and in agriculture
spinning mills, factories and in agriculture