 In 2007 there were 6,74 Million foreigners in Germany.  The biggest group of foreigners were the Turkish with 1,71 million people, followed by the Italians with and citizens from Poland with inhabitants. At fourth there were the Serbians and Montenegrians and at fifth the Greeks.

 In 1955, when Germany was in economic miracle there were not enough workers in the industries and there were many places that could not be filled by locals. This is the reason why foreign workers such as Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Tunisian, Portuguese, Greek and Maroccan people were recruited.  In 1969 Germany had an economic crisis and unemployment rose, so in 1969 a law was established that a foreigner can only be accepted for a job if no suitable German has applied. They also needed a work permit.

 In 1973, foreign workers could not be recruited because it was planned that the guest workers should only remain in Germany for a short time.  Integration was not provided, but the foreigners in Germany felt like home.

 In the 70s first attempts to include foreign workers in the German society were made by giving them the right to vote.  In addition the return trip for foreigners was supported financially.  Since million foreigners have been living in Germany.

In the center the New Market and the ruins of the Frauenkirche after the war. “ Frauenkirche” – the famous church in Dresden.

After the end of the 2nd world war surviving Jews of different backgrounds and nationalities were mostly housed in camps for “displaced persons“.

The Konrad Adenauer era put a general law for "reparations", which provided for a financial compensation for the victims of the Third Reich. Few Jews rejected this form of dealing with the past as "blood money".

In the 1950s and 60s, there were 20,000 to 30,000 people of Jewish faith living in the Federal Republic of Germany, for the most part there were mostly the elderly and the sick who could not emigrate to the U.S. or to Palestine. A new Jewish community life was constituted.

 Before 1990/1991 ca – Jews lived in the German Federal Republic.  In April 1990 the People‘s Parliament of the DDR asked the Jews for forgiveness.  Today 13 Million Jews live all over the world, ca. 41% of them in Israel.  Today there are Jewish communities in Germany.

Dänen (Denmark) Friesen Sorben Roma and Sinti

In Germany there are four different national minorities. The minorities are Sorbian, Roma and Sinti, Frisian and Danish people. They have a special law for the preservation of their ethnic background. The national minorities speak their own languages and some of them have their own religion (Roman and Sinti for example). All of them have their own culture. FrisianSorbianRomaDenmark

The Danish ethnic minority in the north of Germany has existed by this name since One of the most common names they use to describe themselves is danske sydslesvigere (Danish South Schleswegians).

Origin: Netherlands Population: about (0,8%) Religion: mainly members of the Reformed Church Language: Frisian dialects, Dutch, German

Sorbs are Western Slavic people of Central Europe living predominantly in Lusatia, a region on the territory of Germany and Poland. In Germany they live in the states of Brandenburg and Saxony. They speak the Sorbian languages - closely related to Polish and Czech - officially recognized and protected as a minority language of Germany. They are predominantly Roman Catholics and Lutheran Protestants.

There are Roma and Sinti in Germany. They are believed to have originated in the region of India and Pakistan in South Asia. They began their migration to Europe and North Africa via the Iranian plateau about 1,000 years ago. Today over 12 million Sinti and Roma are living all over Europe. Most of them (8 mio) live in Portugal, Spain, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia as a national minority.