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Radio 4,30 Mar 2014,15 mins

Germany's Guest Workers

Witness History

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In the 1960s Germany recruited hundreds of thousands of foreign workers to help power the country's economic regeneration. Most of them came from Turkey, or Southern Europe. It was a move that meant huge changes for German society, and for the immigrants themselves - like Yilmaz Atalay and Idil Lacin.

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