Slavery In Switzerland? Uncovering My Immigrant Grandmothers’ Secrets – OpEd

**Summary**

From the 19^th century until the 1950s, thousands of Swiss children were taken from their homes and placed with foster families or sold at auction. The mothers of the outplaced children were poor and often divorced; some were alleged to be prostitutes.

One of these women was my great-grandmother, Dorothea...