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Der Fremde Deutsche: Leben Zwischen den Kulturen

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„Der fremde Deutsche“ ist die Geschichte der gelungenen Integration eines tamilischen Flüchtlings, der als unbegleiteter zwölfjähriger Junge aus dem Bürgerkrieg in Sri Lanka nach Deutschland kam. Die Odyssee seiner achtmonatigen Flucht schilderte Umeswaran Arunagirinathan in seinem 2006 erschienenen Buch „Allein auf der Flucht“.

In seinem neuen Buch berichtet er über sein Leben in seiner neuen Heimat. Als ehemaliger Flüchtling und deutscher Staatsbürger versucht er, die Möglichkeiten, Erwartungen und Probleme für eine gelungene Integration auszuloten. Dabei setzt er sich auch kritisch mit den Lebensformen seines Herkunftslandes auseinander.
Der Autor will mit seinem Buch bei Deutschen um mehr Verständnis für Flüchtlinge werben und zugleich Flüchtlinge ermutigen, sich in die deutsche Gesellschaft einzubringen.

141 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2017

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Germany is an ethnically very white country and many Germans associate being German with skin colour. People of other ethnicities or with a different accent might have a German passport but are frequently not considered to be "real" Germans. This perception even has a slightly mocking term: "Bio-Deutsche", i.e. "organic Germans".

Umeswaran Arunagirinathan came to Germany as an unaccompanied minor during the war in Sri Lanka and describes how he made Germany his home. Today he is a cardiologist.

The book focuses primarily on how he navigates between the German culture that he adopted and the Tamil culture of his family. I expected there to be more about how he copes with everyday discrimination in Germany, but that was not a big part of the book.

The book is an easy and quick read. I enjoyed it.
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