Post-unification immigration of two million late resettlers reignited the German identity debate

Evidence

The influx of Soviet Jews, refugees from the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, and the two million German ‘late resettlers’ from the former Soviet Bloc, brought the debate over Germanness to a head. — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 206

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Kohl government privileged ethnic German resettlers over other immigrants after unification — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 207; Post-Soviet restructuring and new migration fueled renewed ethnoracial conflict in Europe; German reunification delivered a vast low-cost labor pool to employers — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 125

Broader Connections

• The Kohl government privileged ethnic German resettlers over other immigrants after unification #expands (0.85) — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 207
• Post-Soviet restructuring and new migration fueled renewed ethnoracial conflict in Europe #expands (0.78)