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TRANSIT CAMP FRIEDLAND

August 24, 2015

A documentary by Frauke Sandig. 85 minutes. A coproduction of Deutsche Welle and NDR.

https://p.dw.com/p/1GKh8

The idyllic town in Lower Saxony has experienced many periods of escape stories. In September 1945, the British Military Government opened the camp to process millions of German expellees and war returnees. Today Friedland is a initial reception center for asylum seekers and refugees. Frauke Sandig follows refugees from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Pakistan during their stay in the camp - and also talks with Germans who came in the early days when Friedland first opened. All have dramatic stories to tell and we see both the differences and the similarities in the feelings, experiences and aspirations of the people at this place where so many stories of flight intersect.