The flight and expulsion of many millions of people from the original German eastern territories presented German post-war society with enormous challenges. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was particularly affected; no other state took in so many people in relation to its former population. The lecture shows the difficulties involved in taking in almost one million displaced persons and the far-reaching changes that were set in motion by their integration in Mecklenburg. It will focus in particular on the differences in the integration processes in the cities and rural areas as well as the relationship between displaced persons and Mecklenburgers.
Time: Thursday, 22.05.25, 18:00
Location: Rostock Museum of Cultural History (admission is free!) & Zoom (see programme)
Speaker: Dr Miriam Seils (Johannes-Brahms-Gymnasium)
Zoom: uni-rostock-de.zoom-x.de/j/63076449055
The rest of the lecture series programme can be found on the website of the Zentrum Mecklenburg:
