Catalogue question 298 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
Migrants living in East Germany came mainly from …
- Vietnam, Poland, Mozambique. Correct
- France, Romania, Somalia.
- Chile, Hungary, Zimbabwe.
- North Korea, Mexico, Egypt.
Why — for every option
- A — Correct: East Germany recruited so-called "contract workers" mainly from socialist fraternal states such as Vietnam, Poland and Mozambique.
- B — France, Romania and Somalia were not the main countries of origin of East German contract workers.
- C — Chile, Hungary and Zimbabwe had some political connections (e.g. Chilean exiles after the Pinochet coup), but were not the main groups of contract workers.
- D — North Korea, Mexico and Egypt were not the central countries of origin for East German labour migration.
Source: www.bpb.de
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