The starting point of this publication is the presentation daHEIM: Glances into Fugitive Lives
realized in Berlin by the Museum Europäischer Kulturen with the artist barbara caveng and the
initiative KUNSTASYL in 2016 17. Against the background of the situation of immigrants fleeing
to Europe since 2015 it highlights the experiences and dreams of its protagonists from a
residential hostel in the Berlin district of Spandau. Biographical examples of people who have
migrated within to and from Europe in the last two centuries are brought into comparison with
current fates. This demonstrates that flight is not a new phenomenon but has always been with
us - at various times and in various places. Twelve authors from Europe North and South
America describe individual migration experiences looking back as far as the 19th century from
2016. Over and beyond this European migration movements are placed in global contexts and
forms of institutional migration remembrance presented.
