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From http://www.dw.com/en/after-the-escape-dw-documentary-about-exile-and-integration-launches/a-41879317

“No one understood us and we didn’t understand anyone. The only thing that we could say in German was ‘Lothar Matthäus,’” said German-Bosnian author Saša Stanišic, who came to Germany as a refugee.

Stanišic is one of five protagonists in “After the Escape.” These cultural personalities reflect in a virtuous, poetic and intelligent way about their experiences as refugees trying to find their way in a new place. They hail from four continents, fled war, disaster or persecution only to land in a foreign country.

Four of them ended up in Germany: Syrian pianist Aeham Ahmad, Nigerian-German musician Nneka Egbuna, Chilean author and director Antonio Skármeta and Stanišic. Writer Judith Kerr, who fled Nazi Germany for England, also talks about her experiences after the escape.

Read more about the project at http://www.dw.com/en/after-the-escape-dw-documentary-about-exile-and-integration-launches/a-41879317
Read profiles of the featured artists at http://www.dw.com/en/artists-after-the-escape-finding-home-in-a-foreign-land/a-41316726
The documentary itself, a combination of text and video clips, is available at http://multimedia.dw.com/artists-after-the-escape#1492