Hausham – The Ukrainian Pavlo Lushyn fled Kyiv through four countries.
The psychology professor has since moved to Hausham.
Pavlo Lushyn (65), Professor of Psychology at the University of Kyiv, recently spoke in personal words to the Hausham municipal council about his flight from the Russian bombs and about the unbridled will of the Ukrainian people for a life in peace and freedom in Europe.
Iryna Titov (40), who has lived in Germany for 21 years, studied with Professor Lushyn, where vhs Oberland teaches Russian and German and with whom Lushyn has now found refuge with his family in Hausham, translated.
Under other circumstances, the lecture by the professor with the sympathetic charisma could certainly have taken place in a much less tense mood.
As it was, Lushyn began by saying: "Because of my family and my age, I fled Kyiv under bombs and could never have imagined such a scenario."
Escape from Ukraine war through four countries
His escape took him and his family thousands of kilometers across Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Austria and finally, after a call from “my rescuer” Iryna Titov, to Hausham.
"I talked to a lot of people on the way and had the impression and read in their eyes that no one really understood what was happening here, but that this war was not only affecting Ukraine, but all of Europe and had to end immediately."
Lushyn did not want to talk about the horror and terror of this senseless war: "You see these horrific images on the news every hour." As he said, Ukrainians are hardworking people with a good heart - and as a psychology professor, he too has been looking for opportunities to provide assistance.
“But we have one rule: You can only help if you are stable yourself.
On the escape route, I only had two thoughts: Firstly, to get my family to safety and secondly, to get on the internet to help people.” He then thanked everyone he was able to talk to in Hausham after his arrival: “Only afterwards I felt good again, could sleep through the night and work.”
Contact kbo-Lech-Mangfall-Klinik Agatharied
Among other things, Hausham's mayor Jens Zangenfeind made contact with Michael Landgrebe, chief physician at the kbo-Lech-Mangfall-Klinik Agatharied.
“I am now in contact for at least three to four hours a day to look after people in Ukraine.
They talk about themselves, but also about Ukraine.
We had started dreaming about Europe.
We haven't given up the dream yet and I want to go home and help rebuild our country as soon as possible," Lushyn said.
As long as he is in Hausham, however, he promised to get involved in the voluntary helper group organized by the community and elsewhere.
Lushyn praised the Ukrainian President: “He does not run away and stays with his people in Kyiv.
We chose him because, as an actor and comedian, he was not part of the political establishment.
It wasn't all good at first and he had to take a lot of criticism.
Today he is our hero and role model and we pray for him.”
Don't feel Ukrainians as supplicants
Addressing Germany, Lushyn said sincerely: "I thank you all from the bottom of my heart on behalf of all the Ukrainian people, and I may say to friends that they are helping us to build a better world without the forces of darkness."
After a standing ovation, Zangenfeind assured that the people fleeing this incomprehensible war need not feel like petitioners: “We want to help where we can.
Our hearts are with the Ukrainian people.”
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