Film by Helga Merits

The Story of the Baltic University

In the autumn of 1945, in the almost totally devastated city of Hamburg a group of refugees, university professors from the Baltic nations, began to talk about creating a new university. They had just lost everything, but without a penny to their name they worked out an incredible plan and by March 1946 the Baltic University opened its doors. It was a success: but not one appreciated by everyone. Soon their problems began.