Schtschastja means happiness

How the German Emigration Center researches Ukrainian migration in real time

According to UN refugee assistance, over six million people fled the country since the end of February due to the current war in Ukraine, and eight million left their homes within Ukraine (as of May 16, 2022). Approximately 800,000 of them have found refuge in Germany so far (as of late May 2022).

32-year-old Iuliia from Dnipro, Ukraine, which is 400 kilometers southeast of Kyiv, escapes at the beginning of March 2022 with a friend and three children, traveling by car through Ukraine, across Poland, via Berlin, to Bremerhaven, where her sister has lived since 2017.

“Currently, I am writing my biography for the museum,” she shares. “It is very nice for me that my story is directly heard at the museum. This gives a concrete face to many fates.”

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Camilla Lopez, a press intern, also shows in her logbook article how current migration debates and personal life stories of migrants discussed in the exhibition appear relevant in the present situation, reflecting on current media coverage in Germany, and takes you on a journey to Poland, where the majority of refugees from Ukraine have found refuge.

THE UKRAINIAN IULIIA FLEES IN MARCH 2022. IN HER KITCHEN IN BREMERHAVEN, SHE HAS SET UP A CORNER WITH GOOD LUCK CHARMS, PHOTO: PRIVATE