Lost Heimat

YEARS OF WAR, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DEAD, MILLIONS FLEEING. We know the pictures of the people‘s suffering suffering. But what do we know about their lives before the war? Photographer Philipp Rathmer has portrayed Syrian refugees in their shelters and new homes in Hamburg. They have told him stories of their homeland and of their lives in peacetimes. Juxtaposed with the black-and-white portraits are the colour photos that journalist and author Martin Niessen took in 1995, when he travelled through Syria as a student. They show a country that no longer exists, a lost Heimat. Filmmaker Jule Kühn has recorded the stories of refugees in Hamburg for a documentary. Her collage of their narratives shows that pre-war life in Syria was not much different from ours. Lost Heimat – Memories of Syria https://lostheimat.jimdofree.com