Idea

I have been working as a freelance author, editor and lecturer in language courses for over 20 years. I heard many exciting stories from my course participants. Unfortunately, a German course does not offer the appropriate platform to process such dramatic, sometimes traumatic experiences. As an author, however, I always had the idea of collecting the stories and writing them down.

 

However, the focus should not only be on the flight, but also on the previous history in the home country and integration in Germany in order to tell the individual stories of the refugees. The opinions expressed in the texts are those of the refugees. They are their stories, not mine. I just want to help them to be heard.
It is particularly important for me to emphasise that I work on a voluntary and independent basis. Fees that I receive as a speaker for readings and lectures go towards the project. I do not allow any content to be dictated to me and do not want to be appropriated or instrumentalised by associations, organisations or institutions.
I would like to thank Daria Brahina, a refugee from Ukraine, for her support and advice during the first few months of the project.