More than tears: Ticino emigration (Swiss Press Audio 2025, by Karoline Thürkauf) - Swiss Press Award

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Karoline Thürkauf

The stark image of poverty that forced thousands of Ticino residents to emigrate in the 19th century has shaped the collective memory in a one-sided way. This mistakenly gives emigration exclusively negative connotations. This leads to forgetting that many Ticino emigrants were highly successful and thus brought prosperity to their home canton.