The Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany (1960-1974)

by Maria Adamopoulou

Was migration to Germany a blessing or a curse? The main argument of this book is that the Greek state conceived labor migration as a traineeship into Europeanization with its shiny varnish of progress. Jumping on a fully packed train to West Germany meant leaving the past behind. However, the tensed Cold War realities left no space for illusions; specters of the Nazi past and the Greek Civil War still haunted them all. Adopting a transnational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111201325
• ISBN13: 9783111201320
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary