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Refugee crisis and emigration from East to West
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Refugee_crisis_and_emigration_from_East_to_West
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
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
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