Refugee crisis and emigration from East to West

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:political_repression economic hardship
gptkbp:destination	gptkb:Austria gptkb:Canada gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:West_Germany
gptkbp:endDate	collapse of Eastern Bloc fall of Berlin Wall
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Refugee crisis and emigration from East to West
gptkbp:impact	humanitarian increased Cold War tensions brain drain from East demographic change in West Germany
gptkbp:involves	gptkb:East_Germany gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:United_States gptkb:West_Germany
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	international press
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 gptkb:Berlin_Wall_fall gptkb:Prague_Spring Berlin Wall construction
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Erich_Honecker gptkb:Konrad_Adenauer gptkb:Willy_Brandt
gptkbp:notableRefugeeRoute	gptkb:Berlin Czechoslovakia-Austria border Hungary-Austria border
gptkbp:period	1945-1989
gptkbp:populationEstimate	hundreds of thousands from other Eastern Bloc countries over 3 million East Germans fled to the West before 1961
gptkbp:prohibits	gptkb:Berlin_Wall gptkb:Eastern_Bloc_governments border fortifications
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Berlin_Wall gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Iron_Curtain
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:migration family separation international tension
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:History_of_Germany_(1945–1990)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8