I will risk getting downvoted but I wish to speak from experience, and I truly believe this needs to be addressed because I’ve seen several think-pieces online explaining how the people affected by the disaster are going through trauma while the world moves on, and it makes them feel alone. (Here’s [one](https://twitter.com/Nick_Ashdown/status/1624030644966682624?s=20&t=YwxqyFRkT1ovwBiOdwdBng) and [two](https://twitter.com/waslosirem/status/1623653533034725377?s=20&t=YwxqyFRkT1ovwBiOdwdBng) for reference)
Until Autumn of last year I was living in Turkey. I have some German friends who came to Turkey to whom I showed great hospitality only a year ago. One of them frequently worked in Gaziantep (one of the cities devastatingly affected by the earthquake) since 2018. He visited Antioch a few months ago. When he came to the city where I lived back then, I took time off from work on weekdays and made time for him on the weekends to show him around, we drove in and out of the city in my car for 6 weeks, I paid for his meal and drinks whenever we ate out. I was always there for him helping him out, and making sure his time was smooth. Even he included, none of my German friends bothered to text me just to ask if I was alive (they do not know that I moved away), or if anyone in my family was hurt. They did not share donation/help information on social media. Furthermore, my new friends and colleagues are simply unreactive, and it is nurturing a feeling of “otherness” in immigrants in these hard times. The immigrants who are going through this trauma are seeing everyone around them going by their day carefree and happily, and this, unfortunately, makes them feel alone. (Edit: for reference, [this](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/For8anDXEAYZ6T0?format=png&name=small) was the response of a friend)
I haven’t been living in Germany for long, but as much as I’ve experienced, Germans *normally* tend to dodge topics that include sad feelings but this is not a normal time. And I know that people in Germany are capable of empathy and solidarity because for months I’ve seen countless people show this for Ukraine with great sincerity (as they should, all power to them)
Simply reaching out would be significantly helpful. I urge everyone to do better.