On the International Day of Human Rights on December 10, 2018, the book "Cause of Death: Flight" was published by Hirnkost – supported by more than 60 organizations that used the book in their actions. There were theater and school readings, cultural events, and many discussion events. The first edition (10,000 copies) of the book was practically sold out by the publication date. On World Refugee Day on June 20, the second, revised edition will be released, supplemented by new entries that extend until January 2019.
In the past 25 years, more than 35,000 people have lost their lives while fleeing to and within Europe. The book contains the list of documented cases of these deceased individuals. This list was originally compiled by the organization UNITED for Intercultural Action in Amsterdam. Most of the deceased are recorded without names. The editors Anja Tuckermann and Kristina Milz want to mention some names as examples and rescue the people they were from oblivion, in order to better grasp the extent of this tragedy – and to give the debate about flight and death a human face again.
The list, which spans more than 300 pages, will be supplemented with short portrait stories of some of the deceased, reports from survivors, and contributions from Heribert Prantl, member of the editorial board of Süddeutsche Zeitung, Rolf Gössner, board member of the International League for Human Rights, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, Carlos Collado Seidel, secretary general of PEN Center Germany, Heike Martin, alliance "Together for Human Rights and Democracy", Jad Lehmann-Abi-Haidar, Aynouna e. V., Stephan Lessenich, professor of sociology at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, among others.
The book has been available for pre-order since May 22, 2019:
Deathcause: flight
Kristina Milz, Anja Tuckermann
Hardcover 496 pages, bound with ribbon, two-color,
10 euros
ISBN: 978-3-947380-32-9 print
978-3-947380-33-6 epub
978-3-947380-34-3 pdf
All further information about the campaign can be found on our blog: https://flucht.hirnkost.de/
In the past 25 years, more than 35,000 people have lost their lives while fleeing to and within Europe. The book contains the list of documented cases of these deceased individuals. This list was originally compiled by the organization UNITED for Intercultural Action in Amsterdam. Most of the deceased are recorded without names. The editors Anja Tuckermann and Kristina Milz want to mention some names as examples and rescue the people they were from oblivion, in order to better grasp the extent of this tragedy – and to give the debate about flight and death a human face again.
The list, which spans more than 300 pages, will be supplemented with short portrait stories of some of the deceased, reports from survivors, and contributions from Heribert Prantl, member of the editorial board of Süddeutsche Zeitung, Rolf Gössner, board member of the International League for Human Rights, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, Carlos Collado Seidel, secretary general of PEN Center Germany, Heike Martin, alliance "Together for Human Rights and Democracy", Jad Lehmann-Abi-Haidar, Aynouna e. V., Stephan Lessenich, professor of sociology at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, among others.
The book has been available for pre-order since May 22, 2019:
Deathcause: flight
Kristina Milz, Anja Tuckermann
Hardcover 496 pages, bound with ribbon, two-color,
10 euros
ISBN: 978-3-947380-32-9 print
978-3-947380-33-6 epub
978-3-947380-34-3 pdf
All further information about the campaign can be found on our blog: https://flucht.hirnkost.de/
