I was thinking about how did you feel in Poland and Amsterdam, where you were safe and I'm not referring to HF.
It has been only a month since then! Feels like ages ago...
It was unusual, but awareness doesn't come so fast. I think one would get used to a new place much faster having nothing left behind, and leaving at own will. And since almost everyone left his family, home, and job, the connection remains. It's like living two lives.
In fact, it's heartbreaking when people become refugees. Except if your life in your country was too bad.