Gastarbeiter is a German word that literally means "Guest Worker". It referred to people who had moved to Germany for jobs since the end of World War II, but is considered outdated. Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...

Historical background

Due to a labor shortage during the Wirtschaftswunder in the 1950s and 1960s, the German government invited people, mostly from Mediterranean countries (especially Greece, Italy and Turkey), to work in Germany. As Gastarbeiter, they were expected to work in Germany for a limited period then return to their country of origin. Most of them actually intended to earn some money in Germany and leave as wealthy people. The relevant laws meant Gastarbeiters had yearly to extend their working visas (and residency, "Aufenthaltserlaubnis" "Allowance to reside"). The term Wirtschaftswunder (English: economic miracle) designates the upturn experienced in the West German and Austrian economies after the Second World War. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...

In reality, the Gastarbeiter idea turned out differently. For a variety of reasons, many of the newcomers chose not to return back to their native countries and brought their families to Germany. Children born to Gastarbeiter couples gained a special visa; "Aufenthaltsberechtigung" ("Right to reside"), but educational, religious and social discrimination continued.

They started to settle down and began to form new ethnic minority communities. The government and others in society ignored the integration for a long time. Some of the factors contributing to this creation of second class citizenry was that Germany's birth laws (as most European countries) do not allow a person to automatically naturalize, but they remain citizens of the nationality of their parents (even if they have never resided in that country and can neither speak or identify with its culture in any way). Integration may be any of the following: In the most general sense, integration may be any bringing together of things: the integration of two or more economies, cultures, religions (usually called syncretism), etc. ...

Law changes in 2000 have addressed some of these fundamental problems, allowing 2nd or 3nd generation immigrants now to intergrate via citizenship.

Today, the term Gastarbeiter is no longer accurate, but it is sometimes used by right-wing extremists, in conjunction with the demand to expel foreigners and their children. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, radical right, or hard right are terms used to discuss the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ...

The term "Gastarbeiter" lives on in Serbo-Croatian language, generally meaning "expatriate" (mostly referring to 2nd generation Serbians born abroad). The phonetic Serbian spelling is "gastarbajter", and it's commonly shortened to "gastos" in Belgrade colloquial lingo. For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ...

External Links

• Work in Germany as a Gastarbeiter