In 2015, Germany was the only European country that enacted an open-door policy towards refugees, who were arriving in droves from countries at war, most of them from Syria. As a result, Germany accepted one million people a year. This phenomenon has had an especially significant impact in Dresden. The former Eastern organizations that offer support to the newly arrived, while others use the past to create the rationale for rejecting foreigners. Starting with current events, DRESDEN REFUGE reveals to the viewer that, in Germany, accepting refugees has been a constant since the end of World War II.