ISS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Marshall Plan, Xenophobia, 1973 Oil Crisis

• School: MSU
• Department: Integrative Studies Social Sci
• Course: ISS 230
• Professor: T B A

Document Summary

Germany: border changes, soviet army and berliners, soviets took reparations from germany, believed germany had to pay for what happened, state sponsored population transfers , german expellees, approx. West germany: early postwar years, many ethnic german refugees also migrated from east europe, 1950: approx. East germany: high emigration, cold war and politics, millions ed to w. germany, fled to w. germany because of their economic miracle , jobs and higher standard of living, until the wall was built, approx. 5 million left from it"s formation to it"s collapse. 1961: building of berlin wall by e. germany, west germany , labor recruitment of guest workers increased in scale due to loss of immigrants from e. germany, 1964: 1 millionth guest worker, armando rodrigues, from portugal. Germany today: current refugee crisis from syria, after initial open border welcome; reversal of policy in mid sep. 2015.