Lesung und Gespräch: Die Schatten der Vergangenheit besiegen

In the organizer's words:

Escape. Help. A new start

Herrad Meese, Cornelia von Schelling and Waltraud Volger present the book "Die Schatten der Vergangenheit besiegen" (Defeating the shadows of the past), which they wrote as part of their voluntary work for the Refugio Munich support association.

Six refugees confided in Cornelia von Schelling and Waltraud Volger. They told them about the violent experiences they had in their home country and during their flight.

Refugio Munich is a counseling and treatment center for people who have experienced flight. Refugees often suffer from invisible wounds from their past - the after-effects of a traumatic experience. Herrad Meese reports on what this means for people and how they can be helped in the psychotherapeutic work of Refugio München.

Afterwards, questions can be asked about the stories and about Refugio.

The authors:
Herrad Meese, Germanist, M.A., freelance author and editor, lives in Munich.
In the field of German as a foreign language, she has published a multimedia textbook, a book on grammar teaching and two radio language courses. She has long been politically active on the subject of migration and refugees, including 5 years as a consultant for education and migration in the city council faction.

Cornelia von Schelling, who holds a doctorate in American Studies, grew up in Colombia and Brazil. She lives as a freelance author and journalist in Munich. She has worked as an editor and published non-fiction books on psychological topics as well as several books on Latin America.
She is co-editor and one of the authors of the anthology "Die Hoffnung im Gepäck - Begegnungen mit Geflüchteten", published by Allitera Verlag in 2015.

Waltraud Volger lives in Munich and has been a volunteer at Refugio München for many years, including as a board member of the Refugio Förderverein. Her autobiography of Gisela from Schwabing was published in 2008.

Registration is requested and can be done by e-mail:
treffpunkt@mohr-villa.de

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