Table of Contents

Some introductory words
Who are we?
My own beginning
Crossing over the second boundary
The responsibility of the state
Why some leave their homelands
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Things are fairly similar everywhere
Shattered conceptions
Two adaptation strategies
The path to new social relations
Identity
Prejudices about other peoples and countries
Ethnic jokes
On alienation - Us and them
A new country - Encountering differences
Nightmares
The people of the new country - What are they like?
Loneliness
Dealing with the new language
One's native tongue and the new language
Immigrant frustration
Complaining about the new country
Discrimination

Vacillating between cultures
Unique life experiences
Embellishing one's background
Personal suffering does not automatically create empathy
Traumatic experiences
We are generous - They are cheap
Can you become one of them?
Living in reality, or in a waiting room
Putting down new roots
The inevitable transformation
Mixed marriage
Immigrant parents and their children
Children and language
Feeling unaccepted and, in turn, rejecting
Can one find friends among the natives
Where do I really belong?
Remaining a foreigner in the eyes of natives
Returning home - Belonging, but also not
Alienation unites and divides
Benefits of emigration
Some final reflections
In conclusion
Thanks