The " Komi Land " is a series of photographs that reflect the lives of forgotten Germans who were exiled to the Komi Republic, Russia during and after WWII. A region situated west of the Ural Mountains. Since 1942, the Komi Republic was occupied by the Trudarmeytsy Germans from the eastern regions of the USSR. Germans were exposed not only to national discrimination, but they were also denied many civil rights; thousands worked in labor camps and many faced execution. Years later, third and fourth generation Russian Germans struggle to maintain identity and hold onto to traditional values.
