Presentation was made by the German students in the Erasmus meeting in Sibiu 2017

1. Immigrants of Germany
1918 - 1990

2. Where did the immigrants come from?
Immigration after World War I
 Because of the civil war in Russia
 Because of the treaty of Versaille
Immigration during National Socialism
 Because of callbacks
 Because of the anger of many people
in other countries against people with
German roots
Immigration in the time of
reconstruction
 to work and earn money
 People who had left Germany before
WW II came back
Immigration before Reunification
 Families of the guest workers
 Jewish people from Russia who had
fled before WW II

3. Immigration after World War I
 Because of the contracts of World War I many people had to go to other
countries in Europe
 Berlin was the center for Russian immigrants
 But there were only a few immigrants who were looking for work in Germany
1918 - 1932 1933 - 1945 1950 – 1975 1975 – 1990

4. Immigration during the time of National
Socialism
callback of all people with German roots living in foreign countries
people who lived in the new regions of Germany were forced to work
biggest immigration movement in history: all people with German roots came
back to Germany
1918 - 1932 1933 - 1949 1950 – 1975 1975 – 1990

5. Immigration during the time of reconstruction
 1950: guest workers came to Germany because there weren‘t enough people to
do all the work
 but there wasn‘t any integration programme
 most of these immigrants went back to their home countries in 1973
 people who had left Germany because of WW II came back
1918 - 1932 1933 - 1949 1950 – 1975 1975 – 1990

6. Immigration between East and West Germany
 Before the famous wall between East and West Germany was built many people
fled from the Russian rule
 Many people also left their home because they had family in the other part of
Germany
 There were also people who fled to have better chances to find work and to get
a better education.
1918 - 1932 1933 - 1949 1950 – 1975 1975 – 1990

7. Immigration in East Germany
 1950 East-Germany invited students from North Vietnam
 1979 War in Vietnam, for that reason many people came per ship
 After 1986 people were invited from whole Vietnam
 About 100.000 people of Vietnam came to East-Germany
1918 - 1932 1933 - 1949 1950 – 1975 1975 – 1990

8. Immigration before the reunification
 those guest workers who had stayed in Germany fetched their families from
their home countries
 today these families still live in Germany but they never were part of an
integration programme.
 Jewish people from the Soviet Union came back to Germany
1918 - 1932 1933 - 1949 1950 – 1975 1975 – 1990

9. Thank you for your attention!
Source: wikipedia.de, soziales.sachsen.de, bundesregierung.de, bpb.de, interkart.de, ezion.com