MinoritiesinGermany.pptVIP

Minorities in Germany Groups and Guest Workers Courtney Novotny E.J. Paterline Caitlin Bradford History of Immigration Guest worker program From Mediterranean countries Many from eastern Europe Ethnic Germans expelled by the Soviets after the war Considered citizens under the Basic Law Seek employment, citizenship, and political asylum The Guest Worker Program Invited to Germany to rebuild after the Berlin Wall was built East German workers lost Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Yugoslavs and Turks By 2002, two thirds of the guest workers had stayed in the country Generations of families can be found Population 9% of the population Danes, Sorbs, Slavic peoples, and Gypsies 7.3 million foreigners Turks 1,900,000 Yugoslavs 565,000 Italians 350,000 Poles 260,000 Austrians 185,000 Demographics Two thirds live in the north Hamburg, Berlin, and the Rhine River area Live in urban areas Few live in the former GDR Few job opportunities Those who live there are mainly from the former Soviet bloc countries Turks History of Immigration Came as guest workers Rebuilt Germany after World War II Temporary immigrants Families came later Replaced East German workers after the Wall was built Now over 2 million in Germany Integration At first, no integration Planned to leave Content with their new lives Identify themselves as Turkish-Germans, not Turks Turkish Community in Germany Defends the rights and views of Turkish immigrants Afro-Germans A Little Bit of History Africans were thought to be lowest human form No one knows exact time when first Afro-Germans were born Date back to the end of WWI as a distinct population 19th century - Germany and Africa involved in trade Blacks brought from Africa to show what blacks looked like and to prove Germans had really been to Africa. Eventually to be slaves During Middle Ages Africans were portrayed as evil With the rise of National Socialism many Afro-Germans were sterilized During third Reich Afro-Germans/Africans couldn