Exile is not a phenomenon of the past. In many ways, it is still relevant today. For many families who fled from the German­speaking countries into exile after 1933, the memory has lived on through the generations and influences their outlook on the present day. Germany is also a country of refuge for people who have had to flee from other countries. Exile is their present­day reality.In the six interviews, people with different biographical backgrounds talk about the part that exile plays in their lives and their perceptions of the present day.

Can Dündar (* 1961 in Ankara, Turkey) os a turkish journalist. He has been living in exile in Germany since 2016. He faces arest in Turkey.German Exile Archive 1933-1945 of the German National Library

Volha Hapeyeva (*1982, Minsk, Belarus) is a writer and linguist. After a stay in Austria in 2020, she never returned to Belarus. She lives in Germany, among other places.German Exile Archive 1933-1945 of the German National Library

Princess Konstanza zu Löwenstein (* 1942 in Franklin, NJ, USA) is a political scientist and was born in exile. She returned to Germany with her parents in 1946 and has been living there since.German Exile Archive 1933-1945 of the German National Library

Marion Thimm (* 1946 in Lusden, ME, USA) is a psychologist and was born in exile. She returned to Germany with her parents in the early 1950s and has been living there since.German Exile Archive 1933-1945 of the German National Library

Lena Sarah Carlebach (*1988 in Frankfurt am Main) is a psychologist. She is active in preserving the story of her grandfather and great-aunt, who both survived the Shoah.German Exile Archive 1933-1945 of the German National Library

Frido Mann (*1940 in Monterey, CA, USA) is a writer and psychologist. The grandson of author Thomas Mann, he spent his childhood in exile in the USA and later Switzerland.German Exile Archive 1933-1945 of the German National Library