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Gastarbeiter

American  
[gahst-ahr-bahy-tuhr] / ˈgɑstˌɑr baɪ tər /

noun

German.
  • Gastarbeiter
    plural
  1. guest worker.


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Ulrich Herbert, history professor at the University Freiburg, said the "Gastarbeiter" experience was already a first step in a slow process.

From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2023

Set out during a labor shortage after the Berlin Wall went up, the welcome mat for Gastarbeiter was rolled up in the early 1970s when the global oil crisis paralyzed Europe’s powerhouse economy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

Germany has long relied on migrants to fill jobs, keep the economy going and rejuvenate an ageing population - ever since the Turkish "Gastarbeiter" who came to help rebuild the country after World War Two.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2021

During the post-war years, the implementation of the Gastarbeiter program brought nearly 3 million Turkish immigrants to Germany, many of whom settled in communities on the outskirts of West Berlin, Stuttgart and in the Ruhr.

From US News ● Jun. 20, 2016

Stephanides, an American, grandchild of Greeks, admires this Turkish immigrant to Germany, this Gastarbeiter, as he bakes bread on Hauptstrasse here in the year 2001.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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