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By: Christina Jachert-Maier
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The family escaped the bombs and established themselves in Bad Wiessee: (from left) Tihran, Nadiaa, Valentina, Murhen and Timur fled the war in their homeland.
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When Putin dropped the first bombs on her homeland, Nadiaa Ahadzhanova fled with her three children.
It ended in Bad Wiessee.
After two years, the whole family has found a new home and job there.
Bad Wiessee
– Nadiaa (37) learned German as a student at university.
At that time she wanted to become a teacher.
But the career choice changed.
Nadiaa worked as a real estate agent in Ukraine and lived with her husband Davyd (43) and three sons in a small town in the Donetsk region.
She never thought that she would need the almost forgotten language again.
Until February 24, 2022, the day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Coincidence took Nadiaa and her children from Munich to Bad Wiessee
In a panic, Nadiaa set off with twins Timur and Tihran, now 16, and son Artem, now 10, to escape the bombardment.
“It was five bad days,” Timur remembers.
Exhausted, the mother and children reached the safety of Germany.
A friendly woman spoke to Nadiaa at Munich Central Station.
She said she had an acquaintance in Bad Wiessee who wanted to help.
It would certainly be more pleasant there than in the large reception accommodation.
Nadiaa and the children got in.
The family finds a temporary home in the Abwinkler Hof
The three arrived in Bad Wiessee on March 5th.
First they moved into private quarters and were able to breathe deeply.
After two months, husband Davyd followed his wife and children to Germany, together with his parents Valentina (70) and Murhen (75).
The family was reunited - and found accommodation in the Abwinkler Hof.
Its owners made the building available to the Bad Wiessee community to accommodate refugees until the demolition of the outbuildings and the renovation of the main building began.
Nadiaa works in a hotel and wants to do an apprenticeship
Today the family lives in a council apartment.
They can afford the rent, but they have never received citizen's benefit.
Nadiaa works in service at a hotel nearby.
“It only takes me two minutes to get to work from my apartment,” she reports.
She likes the job and wants to do training in the hotel industry.
“So that I can have a real German job,” she says.
She polishes up her – already good – language skills in courses.
The 16-year-old twins attended a bridge class for refugees from Ukraine at the Tegernsee high school and quickly learned German.
And for Tihran a dream has come true.
He was already fascinated by German cars when he still lived in Ukraine.
In September he was able to take up an apprenticeship as a vehicle mechatronics technician at a large car dealership in Wiessee.
“That’s really good,” says Tihran.
The father wants to work as a train driver again at some point
His brother wants to complete secondary school this year.
His dream job: physiotherapist.
He was able to do an internship at a nearby clinic.
Since then he has become even more determined to pursue this profession.
Incidentally, his father Davyd works in the kitchen at that clinic.
But he wants to work as a train driver at some point, like he did back home in Ukraine, says Nadiaa.
Davyd didn't have time to talk: he was still on duty.
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Putin's bombs have reduced the family's home in Donbas to rubble.
In mid-September, Davyd's sister fled to Bad Wiessee with her two sons.
She works as a cleaner in the Wiessee town hall.
The grandparents are happy that their grandchildren have settled down in their new place of residence.
“But the language is difficult,” says Valentina.
Her husband Murhen needs a lot of support after a stroke.
She doesn't talk about homesickness: "It is what it is."
The family does not want to return to their destroyed homeland
Nadiaa and her family are not drawn back to their destroyed homeland: “Who knows how long the war will last.” In Bad Wiessee they have work and an apartment, the family is together.
This includes the little dog Archie.
Nadiaa bought it as a consolation for her youngest son Artem.
“He was so sad that we had to leave our dog and cat behind in Ukraine,” says Nadia.
Your boys are doing well today, they have a future, that's what counts.
Tihran says no one knows what the next few years will bring anyway: “We live in the here and now.”
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