The refugee situation unfolding on the Polish-Belarusian border is reminiscent of similar events in the past. There were two moments in Polish history when thousands of migrants, pushed out by violence or fleeing danger, were stuck on the border, often under the barrels of soldiers and policemen. Our UnRef team […]
Monthly Archives: November 2021
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On November 6, 2021, Lidia Zessin-Jurek (UnRef) gave a public talk at the scientific session during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the post-war transfer of population from Polesie to Western Poland. She presented a comparative text (in Polish): Inpatriation? Postwar homeward migrations in European collective memory – the […]
Listen to the final episode of the Experiencing Epidemics Podcast series with Doina Anca Cretu (UnRef), co-hosted by Ian Hathaway, Jorge Díaz Ceballos, and Gašper Jakovac. In the episode titled The World War, refugees, and the long history of epidemics, Doina Anca Cretu explores some facets of a terrible humanitarian […]