Vernissage: Becoming who you are – Studium trotz Flucht

In the organizer's words:

Special exhibition

Education strengthens, encourages and gives hope for a better future!

But especially for refugees who have to build a new life far from home, the chances of higher education are usually slim.

Who are these young people who have managed to realize their dream and go to university - despite having fled? What have they experienced and what drives them?

"Education helps you to become who you are," says Richesse. He had to flee from Burundi to Rwanda with his older brother and spent every day after his arrival in the library of a refugee camp.

Photographer Antoine Tardy took portraits of refugee students for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and spoke to them. Twenty such stories are documented in the special exhibition, with the protagonists themselves also having their say.

You will get to know interesting personal stories in this exhibition. You are also invited to reflect on the importance of education in your own life.

Media and hands-on stations also allow you to explore the topic of flight and education in greater depth.

Program

Welcome address

Dr. Gundula Bavendamm, Director of the Documentation Centre Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation
Katharina Lumpp, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Germany, UNHCR

Introduction

Dr. Ludmila Gelwich, Curator, Documentation Centre Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation
Mascha Hotopp, Curator, UNHCR

Panel discussion

With refugee students and the photographer Antoine Tardy
Afterwards we invite you to a small reception with musical accompaniment.

Free admission

Duration of the special exhibition April 26 to October 13, 2024

A special exhibition of the Documentation Center Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation in cooperation with UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency.

Price information: Please register for the event.