Citizens of no man's land. The Invisible Refugees of 1938
Citizens of no man's land. Invisible Refugees of 1938 Monday, April 15 at 6 p.m. What was No Man's Land, how did it come into being, and why did mainly Jewish refugees stay there? With historian Michal Frankl on people between borders, loss of citizenship in Central Eastern Europe in the late 1930s. The lecture will not only deal with the history and mapping of no-man's land, but will also use examples of refugee testimonies to explore their perceptions of exclusion from foreign countries and analyze the role that images of these spaces and people played in the media and in the public sphere. It will also look at the possibilities and challenges of aid from humanitarian organisations. Admission is voluntary. Photo source: Wiener Holocaust Library, London
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