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Denmark's new "Flugt" Museum

Flight has a million faces

On 25 June 2022, "Flugt" opened as a unique museum, the only one of its kind in the world to date that focuses on the stories of refugees.
On 25 June 2022, "Flugt" opened as a unique museum, the only one of its kind in the world to date that focuses on the stories of refugees.
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Oliver Ristau
Date: 
01.08.2022
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Art, Assad regime, Human rights, Immigration, Migration, National Socialism | Nazism, Performing arts, Policy on refugees and migration, Refugees
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Afghanistan, Denmark, Europe, Middle East, Syria
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