European Emigration: Forgotten Stories(2025)
DocumentaryWar & Politics
First Air Date: 2025-11-08
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
This is the story of one of Europe's biggest migrations; one of people fleeing poverty or persecution and hoping for a better life. German-speaking people descended the Rhine and Danube rivers, from the 17th century until the end of the First World War, and settled in America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Africa.
Keywords
emigrationsocial documentary17th centurymigrantmigratinghistorical documentarymigration to promised landmigration crisisthe new and old worldmigration journeymigration policy
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 3E01
Into A New World (1618-1762)
Air Date: 2025-11-08
Between 1618 and 1748, thousands of German-speaking people fled to North America and Eastern Europe to escape famine,...
E02
The Promised Lands (1750-1848)
Air Date: 2025-11-08
By 1750, the Promised Land in North America had already attracted almost 100,000 German-speaking emigrants. Without m...
E03
Between Two Worlds (1848-1933)
Air Date: 2025-11-08
After the revolutions of 1848, one million Germans emigrated to the USA, but came under suspicion of espionage during...
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