The article focuses on Alfred Döblin's account of his escape from Europe during World War II. In his work Journey to Destiny: Report and Confession [original title: Schicksalsreise. Bericht und Bekenntnis], the German author exposes the drama of the subjects who had to leave the burning continent, reporting the minutiae of their escape. His account translates the experience of exile from the displacement, the crossing that took them from the place of departure to the destination of shelter. Döblin narrates, thus, the in-between, the geographical and temporal displacement and the subjective condition of anguish, fear, hunger, among other aspects that comprise the process that includes both the passages through different places, and the internal movement of becoming an outcast or displaced person. The distinct narrative dimensions, moreover, point to the urgency of these subjects - symbolized by the author in question - in fleeing from the context in which they were inserted, as well as show the shock caused by the dehumanization caused by the war and its consequences.
