Mittwoch, 18.01. |19:30 | Buntes Haus | Eintritt frei
english translation below

Seven months before Ukraine’s mass exodus to the EU, a humanitarian crisis of a different nature was
already taking place at the edge of Fortress Europe. Where on one side refugees are met with unanticipa-
ted generosity, 100 km further North, Poland is constructing a border wall through Europe’s oldest natural
forest to prevent the „wrong refugees“ from crossing. Many have frozen to death in the forest, been abused
by border guards or pushed back to Belarus countless times. Polish activists supporting people in the
emergency state zone, where no human rights observers, journalists or humanitarian aid is allowed, are
massively criminalized. In a documentary filmed in June 2022, refugees and activists who uphold these
hidden structures of solidarity talk about their experiences and the difficult work that needs to be done.