Fall Asleep as a Refugee Walking Across Europe at the End of World War II

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The war is over, but for millions of people across Europe, the journey home has only begun.

Tonight, you travel through the damaged landscape of postwar Europe as a displaced refugee carrying little more than a coat, a bundle of belongings, and the hope of finding somewhere to begin again. You walk along broken roads, wait in uncertain railway stations, cross borders with worn documents, sleep in displaced persons camps, and pass through villages slowly returning to ordinary life.

Along the way, ruined buildings stand beside newly planted fields, strangers share soup and bread, trains begin moving again, and the smallest comforts gradually take on enormous importance. After years of war and displacement, peace arrives not through grand ceremonies, but through a room, a job, a warm loaf of bread, and the simple knowledge that tomorrow you may wake up in the same place.

Get comfortable, settle in, and fall asleep while exploring the quiet aftermath of World War II.

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