Category Archives: Study trip Madrid 2011

Exile – A State of Mind?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Tina Gotthardt

We were together for a week in Madrid aiming to find out more about the phenomenon of “exile”, talking with many different people about their very different experiences with exile, differing in reasons or places to leave. We were comparing … Continue reading →

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Exile stories XVII: Rafael Safin, refugee from the former Soviet Union Republic – Tajikistan

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Eustory

Looking for a person who experienced exile, migration or something like that to interview in order to prepare for the Eustory seminar Aliya from Russia realized that she even does not have to go far away in searching: I can … Continue reading →

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Exile stories XVI: A Spanish Odyssee

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Eustory

First Margarita was interviewed by Marta as a preparation of the seminar and her story was so amazing that we arranged another meeting with a group from during the interview. Margarita was born in Madrid in 1935. She belonged to … Continue reading →

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Exile stories XV: „If my kids are happy, I’m happy too”

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Eustory

Martyna has gone to a refugee camp in Poland. There she found people from the Caucasus who escaped from the war and conflicts in their countries. She spoke with the officials of the camp and then had the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Exile stories XIV: “Just being with your people…”

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Eustory

The person Jelena interviewed is her brothers wife, Tanja. She is from Bosnia, but she lives in the USA. She talked to her about her life and she told her how, why and when she and her parents left Bosnia, … Continue reading →

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Exile stories XIII: “At least the children got friends” – starting a new life in Denmark

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Eustory

Ida, from Denmark, interviewed Georgette, a 49-year-old Catholic refugee from Palestine, and her oldest daughter Bissan. Georgette is the mother of five children (age 12, 15, 19, 19, 20), all residing in Denmark. It has been four years since the … Continue reading →

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