Museum Friedland

Friedland transit camp has processed over four million people arriving in Westgermany since 1945. They have come as refugees and expellees, as released prisoners of war and displaced persons, as ethnic German immigrants and people seeking refuge from many parts of the world. Some of them never forget the Friedland transit camp. For others, it is nothing more than a transitory stop – as soon as they leave the camp it is forgotten. The camp testifies to the consequences of the Second World War just as much as it does to present wars and crises around the globe. In the historic station building the Museum Friedland presents a fascinating insight into the history and present of the camp. It mirrors the approaches and attitudes in the political and social spheres to the intake of people into Germany. It not only shows the dynamics of migration, but also the attempts to regulate and control it.