Dr. Sonja Wegner studied history and German language, and literature at the University of Essen. Since 1993, she has undertaken several research stays in Uruguay. She worked as a study tour guide in Spain, Portugal, and England for many years. Doctorate under Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benz at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University of Berlin on “Exile in Uruguay 1933–1945”. Several publications on emigration in South America, including Zuflucht in einem fremden Land. Exil in Uruguay 1933–1945 (Berlin 2013). Sonja Wegner lives and works as a freelance historian and journalist near Cologne.

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