After 1945, Catholicism in central Germany was shaped by flight and expulsion like nowhere else on the continent. Different cultural and religious influences met and challenged each other – in a region that had experienced a predominantly Protestant influence in previous centuries. In addition, the atheistic socialism of the GDR made it difficult for Catholics to stand up for their faith in the country's society without suffering disadvantages. This resulted in an area of ​​conflict, the challenges of which are explained and analyzed in the present study. However, the book does not only want to provide a retrospective, but also to encourage the diaspora communities in the Diocese of Dresden-Meissen to continue on the path of the mission to the people and to be human with them and Christian for them.