Lidia Zessin-Jurek and Katharina Friedla: The Siberian Odyssey of Polish Jews

Published March 11, 2021

Lidia Zessin-Jurek and Katharina Friedla: Syberiada Żydów polskich

Lidia Zessin-Jurek (Unlikely Refuge?) and Katharina Friedla were invited to present their book “Syberiada Żydów polskich” by the Institute of Political Studies […]

Published May 28, 2022

Lidia Zessin-Jurek: “Three times a refugee.” Exile as a leading motif in the memoirs of Polish Jews

On 23-26 May 2022, Lidia Zessin-Jurek (Unlikely Refuge?) participated in a conference at the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw entitled Bridging Divides. […]

Published November 10, 2022

Refugees to East-Central Europe in the 1990s

Exploratory workshop Among the multifaceted transformations of East-Central Europe in the 1990s, mobility and open borders turned into one of the symbols […]

Published April 10, 2023

New Article by Francesca Rolandi: Shaping the nation through social work. Aid organizations for Istrian refugees in interwar Yugoslavia

The UnRef team member Francesca Rolandi published her new article titled “Shaping the nation through social work. Aid organizations for Istrian refugees […]