Swiss Jenish communities

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Jenischen-Camp in Genf (Queue d'Arve), 1945. (RDB/Jean-Pierre Grisel) RDB

Korbflechten - traditioneller jenischer Brotwerwerb, 1943. (RDB) RDB

Fahrender Strassenhändler, 1940. (RDB/Klameth) RDB

Ein Schausteller bei der Arbeit, 1942. (RDB/Maurer/Schmidli) RDB

Mündliche Unterweisungen haben bei den Jenischen Tradition. Genf, 1945. (RDB/Jean-Pierre Grisel) RDB

Freiluftschule für jenische Kinder, 1945. RDB/Jean-Pierre Grisel RDB

Unterwegs in der Schweiz, 1943. (RDB) RDB

Feierabend im Wohnwagen, 1942. (RDB/Maurer/Schmidli) RDB

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A collection of historical photographs of Jenish communities in Switzerland in the 1940s. 

Since 1998, Jenish and Sintis have been protected by the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The Swiss authorities have since officially recognised them as a national minority. In 2001 the cabinet insisted that all Jenish and Sintis communities were recognised, whether they pursued nomadic lifestyles or not. 

An estimated 35,000 Jenish and Sintis people live in Switzerland; most of them have settled down. Between 3,000 and 5,000 are still always or partly travelling.