<p>With the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war still unfolding, Chris Clark talks with Andreas Kossert about how Germany and other European states are handling the current Ukrainian refugee crisis. How does today’s emergency fit into a history of forced displacement that is as old as humanity itself? A conversation about danger, survival, displacement, arrival, memory and the meaning of home.</p><br><p>Dr Andreas Kossert worked at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw and has lived in Berlin as a historian and author since 2010.&nbsp;His books include Masuria (2001) and East Prussia (2005).&nbsp;He recently published the bestseller&nbsp;<strong><em>Kalte Heimat.&nbsp;The history of the German expellees after 1945</em></strong>&nbsp;(2008),&nbsp;<strong><em>East Prussia.&nbsp;Story of a Historical Landscape</em></strong>&nbsp;(2014) and&nbsp;<strong><em>Escape - A Human Story </em></strong>(2020).</p><br><p>You can see Dr Kossert's books here : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andreas-Kossert/e/B001JOPZGK?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&amp;qid=1648830693&amp;sr=1-2</p><br><p>Professor Chris Clark is Regius Professor of History at Cambridge University.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>