Madgermanes /

"Madgermanes is what the Mozambican workers once contracted out to East Germany are called today. At the end of the 1970s, some 20,000 of them were sent from the People's Republic of Mozambique to the GDR to labour for their socialist sister country. After the Berlin Wall fell, almost all...

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Main Authors: Weyhe, Birgit, 1969- (Author)
Group Author: Derbyshire, Katy. (Translator)
Published: V&Q Books,
Publisher Address: Berlin :
Publication Dates: 2021.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
German
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Summary: "Madgermanes is what the Mozambican workers once contracted out to East Germany are called today. At the end of the 1970s, some 20,000 of them were sent from the People's Republic of Mozambique to the GDR to labour for their socialist sister country. After the Berlin Wall fell, almost all of them lost their residency status. Decades later, they are still waiting for most of their wages to be paid."--Back cover.
Item Description: Originally published in German by Avant-Verlag, 2016.
Translated from the German.
Donation.
Carrier Form: 236 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9783863913069
386391306X
Index Number: PN6757
CLC: J238.2(516)
Call Number: J238.2(516)/W547