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Tibetan Refugees at Home in Switzerland
A Canberra Times feature on a Swiss village hosting 20 Tibetan refugees who fled Communist China in 1959. The piece notes their integration, work in sawmills and carpentry, a growing settlement at Waldstatt near Lake Constance, and personal stories including a boy skater and a child born in Switzerland.
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The
Canberra Times
Switzerland
Tibet
China
India
Unterwasser
St. Gall
Canton
Appenzell
Lake Constance
Saentis
Saldstatt
Froenlein
Erika Schnyding
Vilagers
Waldstatt
Jakob Blumer
Herr Blumer