Migrant

Volunteering during the European refugee crisis – 2015

Patricia, 18, volunteers at Vienna’s train station as refugees pour in from the Middle East via Hungary.

Storyteller: Patricia

Date of Story: 2015
Location of Story: Vienna, Main Train Station
Location: Hauptbahnhof, Vienna, Austria
Date: 7 September, 2015

Hosting a Syrian refugee family in Vienna

A story of how a family was moved by the plight of refugees at Vienna’s Westbahnhof (West Train Station) and took in a family of eight as they made their way to Germany to start a new life in a safe environment.

Storyteller: Elaine Slevin

Date of Story: 2015
Location of Story: Vienna, Westbahnhof
Location: 1160, Vienna, Austria
Date: 14 September, 2015

How my family became refugees after WWII

A story of how a family escaped from Russian occupied Germany after World War II, to start a new life in England, thanks to the engineering skills of Joanna’s grandfather.

Storyteller: Joanna Godwin-Seidl

Date of Story: 1945
Location of Story: Germany
Location: Cafe Westend, Vienna, Austria
Date: 14 September, 2015