„ Boundless hope. Memories in times of flight “ captures the often so jumbled and adverse life stories of refugees; personal stories from their countries of origin, about childhood and family, work and life, their experiences of flight and about all the difficulties of gaining a foothold in this country, getting involved and being recognised. But also stories about longings, desires and life goals – with all their contradictions and doubts. Told with love, respect and humour by the Chilean-German theatre director and actor Alvaro Solar and complemented with imaginative illustrations by the Chilean artist Cristina Collao.“
„There is much and frequent and very controversial talk about migrants and refugees – but we talk to them far too little. Far too rarely do we read authentic stories about their fates in their countries of origin and on the run, about their situation and hardships here in Germany, about their hopes and goals in life. The socio-cultural project „Bremen Culture without Borders“, on which this book is based, uses biographical theatre to counteract this shortcoming: Here the participants can open up a little, here the repressed comes tentatively to light, here those affected from different countries – Africa, Albania, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Serbia, Turkey etc. – finally have their say. – finally have their say. A sometimes quite difficult process, in which some lose themselves and find themselves again, in which others free themselves from fears, strengthen and emancipate themselves and give free rein to their previously suppressed fantasies.“ (…)
From the prologue by Rolf Gössner (International League for Human Rights), which can be read in full here . The text was published on 16 May 2020 under the title „ Erinnerungen in Zeiten der Flucht“ in the bi-weekly magazine for politics/culture/economics Ossietzky , No. 10/2020 www.ossietzky.net.
A sample from the book including an illustration can be found here .
