ABSTRACT
Chapter Two focuses on walking tours guided by Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Berlin, a local and global site of remembrance of the scars of twentieth-century tragedies. It unpacks how refugees affect the public memory of historical division and conflict in their host city and illuminate its entanglement with the lingering colonial past. The chapter begins by examining Berlin’s official heritage trails and the memories they reveal or conceal, and the broader context of Berlin’s ambivalent hospitality towards refugees. Within this conflicted context, the chapter stresses how refugee-guided tours reference Berlin’s memorials and expand their meaning to curate a site of solidarity and cultural exchange to replace unequal notions of welcoming and integration.
