Gastarbeiter
Americannoun
plural
GastarbeiterExample Sentences
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Even the Turkish workers who were brought in from the 1960s to help with post-war rebuilding were labelled "Gastarbeiter" - temporary "guest workers."
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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