Patrick Cabouat
Director
European Emigration: Forgotten Stories (2025)
Miniseries
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.
Released Nov. 8, 2025
Episode 55 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, War
Keywords: tmdb.emigration, tmdb.the-new-and-old-world, tmdb.migrating, tmdb.migration-to-promised-land, tmdb.historical-documentary, tmdb.social-documentary, tmdb.migrant + 4 more, tmdb.17th-century, tmdb.migration-crisis, tmdb.migration-journey, tmdb.migration-policy
Production Companies: ARTE, ARTE, Saarländischer Rundfunk
Network: ARTE
S1E1 - Into A New World (1618-1762)
Between 1618 and 1748, thousands of German-speaking people fled to North America and Eastern Europe to escape famine, disease and religious persecution. A huge refugee camp was established in London. European rulers began to compete for new settlers, making refugees a political weapon.
Nov. 8, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - The Promised Lands (1750-1848)
By 1750, the Promised Land in North America had already attracted almost 100,000 German-speaking emigrants. Without money for the long crossing, new arrivals had to work as indentured servants, ending up in the Brazilian jungle or in the French colony of Algiers. A few decades later, German-speaking immigrants contributed to the industrialisation of the USA.
Nov. 8, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - Between Two Worlds (1848-1933)
After the revolutions of 1848, one million Germans emigrated to the USA, but came under suspicion of espionage during the First World War. Brazil remained open to German immigration and the largest national group of the Nazi Part was formed there. Germany’s crimes during the Nazi period destroyed the relationship between host countries and their German-speaking population.
Nov. 8, 2025, midnight
ARTE
55 min/ep
167 min
Nov. 8, 2025
Nov. 8, 2025, midnight
Ended
NR
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