This event is part of the RECET Festival of Historical and Social Sciences "Migration & Transformation".

Meeting Point: Underground Station “Schwedenplatz”, Exit “Schwedenplatz”, in front of the flower shop (on the map).

The city of Vienna was a major transit hub for refugees from state-socialist countries on their way west during the Cold War. We will explore this fascinating history from multiple angles on our walking tour through the city center with RECET researcher Daniel Jerke. The language of the tour is English.

Daniel Jerke is a doctoral candidate at the University of Vienna. Previously, he worked as a school assistant at a secondary school in Kiel. Jerke did his BA in European Studies with a focus on social sciences at Chemnitz University of Technology, followed by a MA in Migration and Diversity at Kiel University. As a student, Jerke spent one semester respectively at Silesian University in Katowice and Adam Mickewicz University in Poznań. Additionally, he did various placements, e.g. at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw and the street paper “Hempels” in Kiel.

It is required to register for the tour in advance by using the registration button.