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Immigrants in West Germany: Politics and Disputes

IG Metall voting rights campaign for migrants in Luedenscheid, 1987

At an event organized by the IG Metall in Luedenscheid, demand was raised for voting rights to migrants with no German citizenship at the local elections.

Guest worker: children before 1979

Griechen demonstrieren in München, 1967

Protest gegen den Putsch in Griechenland in München am 01.05.1967: In der Menschenmenge rechts ein Bild des griechischen Politikers Geogios Papandreou. Auf dem Plakat Slogan wie 'Nieder mit der Junta' / 'Nieder mit der Diktatur'.

Demonstration von Griechen in München, 1967

Nach dem Obristenputsch in Griechenland: Demonstration von Gegnern des Putschs in einem Lokal in München.

Manfred Schreiber with Greek guest workers, Munich 1970

The Munich police chief Manfred Schreiber thanks the Greek guest worker Stenos Panagiotis, who has come to help a distressed detective.

Guest worker: accommodations

A gastarbeiter (immigrant worker) child at a demonstration of the GEW

A gastarbeiter child at a demonstration by the GEW (Education and Science Workers' Union) with a sign: "I don't speak Greek / I don't speak German correctly!". The GEW calls for a protest against the lack of integration efforts for second-generation foreigners living in Germany.

Guest worker: illegal immigrants in Germany

Interview with guest workers in Germany, 1971

The Pakistani journalist Latif Darrani (left) examines the situation of guest workers in Germany, here in an interview with three people.

Demonstration against housing shortage in Essen, 1971

On the rally organized by the house committee of the house on Ederstrasse 4-6, which was occupied on 4 October, 1971, against housing shortage and exorbitant rents at the Kennedyplatz in Essen, schools for foreign workers' children are also demanded.

Der 500 000. "Gastarbeiter" bei seiner Ankunft in München

Der 500 000. "Gastarbeiter", der 24-jährige Türke Nesati Güven von der Schwarzmeerküste, wird bei seiner Ankunft am Flughafen in München-Riem vom türkischen Generalkonsul Kusdaloglu begrüßt. Er wird in Wetzlar bei einer Ofenfabrik arbeiten.

Protest against the migrants' situation in Essen, 1971

With banners like "Foreign workers = modern slaves" (also in Spanish) or "We need schools also for the children of foreign workers" migrant laborers are demonstrating against their situation on Kennedyplatz in Essen. In particular, housing shortage and exorbitant rents caused resistance, which manifested itself through the occupation of a house (Ederstrasse 4-6).

Guest worker: arrival in Germany

Guest worker: adolescents

Guest worker: women

Protest against the Franco regime, Duesseldorf 1974

In the center of Duesseldorf many Spanish guest workers protest against the Franco regime and the executions in the previous week.

Georg Kronawitter und Theo Fischer bei der Aktion 'Sauberes München', 1976

Der Münchner Oberbürgermeister Georg Kronawitter (im Anzug links) und der Umweltschutzbeauftragte der Stadt Theo Fischer (rechts neben Kronwitter) starteten auf dem Marienplatz den Beginn der Aktion 'Sauberes München'. Kronawitter führt hier ein Gespräch mit einem türkischen Arbeiter, der bereits seit 10 Jahren für die Straßenreinigung tätig ist (li.) Der Container zeigt die sieben Quadratmeter Müll, die stündlich in München zusammengekehrt werden.

Guest worker: children before 1979

Sandro Pertini during a visit of guest workers in Munich, 1979

Italian President Sandro Pertini (right) visits the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nuernberg (MAN) on Dachauer Strasse in Munich during his visit to Germany

Italian guest workers go to the Italian parliamentary election, 1976

Italian guest workers in the FRG, including supporters of the Italian Communist Party (PCI = Partito Comunista Italiano), go to the parliamentary elections in their homeland.

Guest worker: accommodations

Asylum seekers and illegal immigrants in Germany - 1979 to 1985

Visitors at Kemnade International near Bochum, 1976

Photo of the "Kemnade 76 International", which was known as "the festival of and with foreign workers, foreign and German students and German citizens". Its location was the Haus Kemnade in Hattingen near Bochum.

Walther Leisler Kiep with migrants in Hamburg, 1982

The CDU's top candidate for the 1982 public elections, Walther Leisler Kiep (left), in Hamburg-Altona in conversation with a citizen with Turkish roots.

Guest worker in the workplace

Multicultural citizen party in Idstein, approx. 1980s

Visitors of the citizen's festival at an event of the "Deutsch-Auslaendischer- Freundschaftskreis" in front of the City Hall in Idstein.

Guest worker: Turks 1980-1989

Children celebrating the day of Turkish sovereignty in Regensburg, around 1980

The Turkish "National Sovereignity and Children's Day" ("Ulusal Egemenlik ve Cocuk Bayrami") is celebrated with traditional wear and a flower wreath in Regensburg. Undated photo, early 1980s.

Pro-Iranian demonstration in Munich, 1981

Muslims demonstrate at Viktualienmarkt in Munich among other with images of Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (Ajatollah Khomeini) for the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Guest worker: Turks 1980-1989

Neighborhood meeting with a migrant family, 1983

The Wohlfahrt family (left) meets with the Yanik family for a meal as part of the program "Overcoming fears - finding a neighbor".

Warning strike at the BMW in Munich, 1983

Demonstration of around 10,000 workers from the BMW and Sueddeutsche Bremsen AG against the negotiation of metalworkers. In the front, several migrants. After a speech given by the chairman IG Metall, the workers went back to work. In the background, the skyscraper of the BMW.

Closure of a prayer room in Munich, approx. 1982

Young Muslims in a prayer room on the Munich Landwehrstrasse, which was closed due to fire regulations.