"Home" folder not visible in Finder

My "Home" folder is not anymore visible in Finder under "Users". This affects some programs that cannot find my files unless I copy them to the "Shared" folder.
If I list folders in the Terminal application, I can see my Home folder under /Users.
Any hint?

Paste this command into Terminal and press 'return' on your keyboard.
chflags nohidden ~/

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