Portraits of German migrants to Australia – a book by Sabine Nielsen
Memories in my Luggage
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From Communist East Germany to Australia

10/28/2015

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Erlo fled Communist Rule in East Germany and found Capitalist Struggle in West Germany.  In 1960, he escaped the Cold War in Europe to the safety of Australia. His new home offered him hope alongside the inevitable the culture shock:  “I lost my youth by leaving home.”
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